"I wish there had been another way. For what it's worth, I'm sorry things worked out as they did. What do you know about what happened after your last fight?" Because... yeah, there's a LOT of stuff chaos can fill him in on, or at least try to. And a lot that would give Margulis ample reason to hate him, too.

Ruby, meanwhile, has decided that this new person and his Anima are friends. Which means she's going to flit about and inspect them both from every angle. Don't mind the flying, fire-breathing snake. She's harmless. Unless she bites. Or breathes fire. Y'know. Standard snake things.