[By now, Leon's hiccups have also faded; he'd been so caught up in the moment of Kirigiri hugging him that he hadn't even noticed. An isolated, stray hiccup pips out of his mouth after she steps away. If that last one hadn't happened, he might have forgotten the hiccups entirely . . .

He'd assumed as much, though, about the syringe, and nods.]

Yeah, I figured. What kinda messed up medicine do they keep around this place if it's all like this? What're they tryin' to get outta this, huh?

[But his tone isn't nearly as angry as it usually is about CERES's crap, and he's still kind of smiling, too.]

Aaaanyway, it's definitely not like that's somethin' you need to apologize for. I wasn't kiddin' about what I said.