[Now he's doubly unhappy with himself – both for forgetting about the letter and then forgetting that V/V is wandering this place with him. He doesn't rub his neck or chuckle self-deprecatingly this time; he just looks at the piece of paper with those ominous words on it.]

I forgot for a moment. About the truth of the letter. [He goes on a little more quietly.] I can't hear my friends. [And being cut off from Ryotaro's mind was never a very good thing.] Perhaps… I should come back to the gym another day. I'm sorry. But did you want to stay longer? [He'll wait if she does, of course.]