Ann smiles at him. "Let's go in, then," she says, and opens the door. It's not quite the same as it was back home, but Ryuji is with her, and that makes it good in its own way.

Sitting down at their usual booth, she poses a thoughtful question: "If we were like Akira--or Ren, I suppose--what do you think our 'other' names would be? Or what would you pick if you could choose, I guess."