[Ryan snickers at the thought of them in goofy Batman and Robin costumes, but he smiles too and shakes his hand. It's good to know he hasn't totally blown his opportunity to live here.]

Nice to meet you too. Hm, I wonder if he was going to wait a year to tell me he'd had a fatal disease in the first place...?

[It's a playful tone, but with a carefully pointed jab in Shiro's direction because wow, what a thing to skip over, dude.]

It's good you're here though. I know Shiro's missed you a ton.