[The honesty was nice. It was something he knew, deep down: He'd seen her act rather rashly or unlike the professional, super-mature shell she wore a lot. But hearing her way it was always nice.]

The lectures get rough sometimes. But we're pretty similar like that, y'know? We both still got a lot to learn, I guess... but that's just bein' human.

You're a real-deal kinda person, Naoto. I like that about you.

[...And he started, took a deep breath and quickly turned his focus on Futaba to try and not let that linger for too long.]

O-oi, you gotta quit bein' hard on yourself! It's my face, y'know!? I-I get comments about my face all the time, so I get it! S'no big deal, i-it's fine, damn it! It's the only face I got and I kinda like it!