He glances up from his own bowl, which he's cradled in one hand. "I'm not going to say there's not a continuum. We're on different places on it. But virtuous is such an awful word, don't you think?"

Crap, it's enough to make him laugh. He sets down his bowl. "It makes me sound like I sit on the PTA. Or the student council. Makoto is virtuous."