[ voice ]

[underachieves]

[Someone sounds unusually cheered tonight. Not exactly perky, but like he's in a good mood compared to... the usual. There's music in the background-- Buzzcocks, go figure-- and he's mumbling around a cigarette or something.]

Is it just me, or are the new arrivals getting stranger?

[Shuffling papers...]

Five months tomorrow. Doesn't seem like it's been that long, huh.

[ locked to Ishida | very difficult ]

I'm ready when you are.