Kaiba watches the proceedings with a suspicious eye, as usual. The spirit's lucky he hadn't run into Kaiba during the invasion---that wouldn't have ended well. The stranger is familiar with Aether and its leadership, which is even weirder.

He gently scoops Zahra up to carry them through the portal and shakes his head, voice rough with disuse. "I don't know where she is. The president was in the base when it...moved, or whatever, but I searched when I woke up and found nothing."