[The boy giggles.]

You're not always super good at tellin' the truth, Senpai. But it's kinda easier when you're here and you're older.

[His head tilts down, his bangs hanging freely in the air like a curtain, eyes just as brassy as the day they parted.]

I'm guessin' you're older, anyway. Kinda hard to remember. But you hold yourself all different.