Yeah? Let's go! Heh, usually I'm the one picking places out . . . I guess I hang out with a lot of people who don't get out much these days.

[Weird to think about, but it's true. That's just the way the chips have fallen with his classmates who remain in the colony (and, on second thought, even the ones who've disappeared—who knew the school had so many introverts?). Even a lot of the friends he's made here have been the more quiet type . . .

It's nice to be invited out, especially by Kujikawa. How could he not cheer up with this? He smiles right back at her, genuinely warm.]

So I'm totally ready to be swept off my feet by someplace new, is what I'm sayin'!