[That . . . was pretty cute. He watches her seamless transition from pounding tables to politely thanking servers with some amusement—and he knows how she feels, too. There are times he can feel the hand of Despair heavy on his shoulders, but then there are times like this where he can tell he's finally starting to feel like everything might work out.

He watches the server leave and then turns back to her, his amusement still written all over his face.]

That was pretty smooth, Kujikawa . . .

But I feel you! A hundred percent! I mean—back in that freaky place, I felt like, like, I don't even remember anymore, and it wasn't just me, right? But we're all back now . . . we can bounce back from all that crap without just forgetting it ever happened!

—Even if part of me totally wants to forget it ever happened.

[He'll cop to that.]