[Why are they touching him? It's like a guiding hand. A beacon of inspiration to do the rebellious shitty teenager thing. Or, you know, in Ryuji's case.... just to make sure he's not getting any kind of ideas here. Those kind of ideas. He's watching you, Hajime.]

Eh. What's life without a little bit of flair for the dramatic.

[And yet, he's cordial, and still goofy about it. The air around here is getting way too serious and way too close to comfort for the whole... ... ... did someone say PHANTOM THIEVES business?]

This party's gettin' kinda lame.

[It's? Not a party, Ryuji.]

I was expectin' some fireworks, some clash of people. Looks pretty civil. Maybe we should just chill for a bit, anyway.