This girl is younger than his own Yoshizawa, but the familiarity is uncanny, all the same. Akira offers her a warm, welcoming smile. "It's quite all right. I've been having a similar reaction to people all day."

What relationship do we have in her world, I wonder? Judging by her disappointment, it would be unkind to ask.

"Captain Kurusu, at your service," he says, bowing politely. "Don't let me interrupt what you were doing; I'm just setting a few things up in the back room."