[ She's not certain what she said that was funny, but it's always nice to hear someone she likes happy about something, so Ikki just waits it out. ]

He stopped doing it right after I asked if he'd help me learn what I needed to know to help Soren. [ She remembers, because the "Ikki-chan" thing has become something she associates pretty strongly with those two people, and it'd startled her to hear her name without it. ] After he told me 'bout partners and asked - well, no, he never actually asked, but it was after he explained about what Soren wanted.