[If Leon's going to believe this Netherworld stuff, it kinda feels like he should be quaking in his creepers right now. This guy might be able to do him some serious harm . . .

But on the other hand, even if he takes all of this seriously, he's finding it impossible to actually take him seriously. Two very different things. Either Tanaka's a "normal" dude (okay, at least a human dude) who is just a huge bizarro nerd, or he's the Overlord of Ice from the Netherworld, with absolute authority over all living things, and he's still a huge bizarro nerd.

Maybe Leon's toying with his own fate by laughing a little, but he can't help it; it snorts right out of him. It's at least not condescending or entirely mocking, and some of it really is just leftover adrenaline from the fight leaking out of him however it can, but there it is.]

Ha ha, you seriously don't quit, huh? You ain't even a little embarrassed! Maybe you really are serious . . . I dunno, there's all kinds of messed up stuff goin' on here, so even if I'm totally skeptical, I guess I can't tell you off on it . . .

But damn, you really don't know how to fit in even a little! Do people like that whole Netherworld thing?