It's - familiar, in a different kind of way. Not that he and Akihiko did a lot of pranks, and. Well, Kirijo had put a stop to that kind of thing pretty fast anyway. They grew out of it.

The other kids at the dorm, though ... rather than lose himself to nostalgia (it's dumb to miss them already, he told himself), he glanced at Toge. Ears pricked in his direction - it's clear that his anger hadn't been directed at the stranger in the room.

"Your friends - they're all here with you?" Shinjiro observed aloud. "You weren't brought in alone."