[Ryoji gratefully returns the hug, feeling a few of his worries melt away with the comfort.]

Thank you for letting me come. It's probably bad of me to say this, but I really do hope we are lucky, and neither of us have to deal with something we don't want to.

[Ryoji, oblivious to Diarmuid's plans, absent-mindedly tightens his scarf while he ponders the question.]

Well, whenever you think I'm ready and you'd like me along. I'd like it to be as soon as possible, and I don't really have a lot of other commitments.