Skye, Tidas, Petrie, Lidia, and Lucas all sat back at the table, and gathered around Nicolas as he focused on his story. The incident with the so-called Ice Miser was near the time when Nicolas and Maevis stopped going to the palace.
Nicolas didn't want to talk about their reasons for leaving the human world then; it would spoil the holiday. Pieces from his story would definitely create questions. Skye specifically, would eventually ask about it, but he would buy himself as much time as possible until then..
After everyone situated themselves comfortably, Nicolas began his tale: "We'd just finished a heated battle with the Meccano Kingdom. They tried to form an alliance with the Sync Kingdom, but those bastards have always served their own interests above all else.."