"Oh." Oh indeed. Why had he missed this? He wasn't sure, but God, he had.

Renko slapped on his most disappointed look, deadpanning, "It's you. I thought someone important might've been waiting for me." The anxious swell in his chest may have eased after he laid eyes on Devlin, but that didn't make him exempt from harassment. He started it, anyway!

It was too hard for Renko to keep a straight face, however, and he was soon cracking a smirk. The novelty of Devlin being alive and moving and acting like his normal insufferable self hadn't quite worn off yet. Still... "Better be on your way, I'm not supposed to let strays inside."