"Right..." Manabu sheepishly rubs at the back of his neck, watching Fish get his pets. "Yeah, I...I should've put more thought into that..." As opposed to blurting out things and then doubling-down on those things to make them different, more important things.

But that's just the kind of person he is.

"Would it be weird if you read some of it aloud?" he suggests, looking back with a wincing glance. "N-not that you have to sit and read the whole thing! Just--I guess...whatever you feel like looking over, or find interesting. I don't mind listening, I mean."