[He was listening...! And rolling his eyes, back then. But he had started to listen more carefully before he was dragged here.]

...I guess so. [Slurping down some of the soup.] Who knows, maybe I'll find out for myself someday. [He...kinda doubts he'll stay alive long enough to reach that point, though. Hahaha...ha...ha. Let's change the topic. He throws Haruka a look again.]

Hey, what do you even do, back where you're from? [He's known the guy since day one, but he still knows almost nothing about him.]