"Oh, I'm sorry," she said, with every bit the tone of someone who was completely not sorry, "the Thieves would always call you either 'Zenkichi' or 'Gramps' when we talked. You would know, you saw all of the emails."

It didn't change that he didn't want her to say shit to him in the first place, let alone using his given name, but she didn't really care either way. It hadn't crossed her mind before, she just spoke of him the way Futaba would address him all the time in emails, and if that made him mad? Then good. Fuck him.

"Go easy on him, Maruki. He lives in a post apocalypse - once he's back home it will be a long time before things are rebuilt well enough that he can enjoy food like this."