[At least getting Anna and Malos' attention distracts Zelos of the very, very obvious feeling of being ignored and kinda discarded. He grins wider when Anna's blade addresses him--Malos, he managed to catch the name--and tries to hold it in place when he starts going off about freedom and whatnot.

Zelos hides his discomfort behind a flap of his hand. Keep talking, fucker, you're still not off the hook.] "Of course you can't--what you stole is an Aegis, silly old man," [he jokes, fake mischief ebbing off his smile. He doesn't let go of the ether in his hands, but steps back a little, at least just enough for the Malos+Anna and Lloyd+Sheena duos to see each other through the hallway again. ] "Now," [he says as quickly as he can to avoid being interrupted, spreading his arms in the air, palms up, but one hand each pointing at both groups,] "I get we're all getting all sweet and sappy in here, but we're kinda fugitives, sooooo if you could leave that for later that'd be great."