[After having to listen to the relative silence of the hospital for the last umpteen hours, Noriko bursting in without warning gives him a jolt. He stares at her like a deer in headlights.]
Noriko? You--
[He looks her over, appearing as if she'd ran across the entire city on foot just to get here.]
still better than his canon life
Noriko? You--
[He looks her over, appearing as if she'd ran across the entire city on foot just to get here.]
--I'm fine. Really.