"I assume there is one; the collective similarity is rather too acute to be coincidental. I suspect Sora is involved. He usually is." There's a bit of extra bitterness there, but not too much, by Even's standards thereof.

"Unfortunate that one can't ask." Sora certainly isn't going to answer Even - that's if he knows the reason at all. Even does not have a high opinion of the likelihood that Sora knows things.