I almost lost her, once... Mario takes a deep breath. "I almost-a lost Luigi, once, too..." he says, voice quiet. He tries to keep it at a distance from himself - not thinking about the blaring pull of chaos, about Dimentio's laugh, about - no, no. He's not thinking about it.

"But - maybe let's-a not dwell on that?" He smiles, an olive branch. "Tell me more about your magic trick!"