No, I didn't...I didn't wake up with it. [He needed a moment to confirm that, according to LILITH records, he had purchased the book series from home. It was before he died, and seeing his personal copies on the bedside of the room assigned to him convinced him thoroughly that the Outsiders giving him strange looks in the hallway or insistanting that he was here before were the ones in the right.]

I had to pay for it. It's all really expensive, so I picked something that would give me hours upon hours of enjoyment! Since--

[Ah. Right. He should calm down before he goes to far and spoils something. He clears his throat and takes in the sparse interior decoration.] I see you...made it homey. [The futons. The utilitarian cooking set.] I think it's temporary. Everything I own is in storage in Tokyo. Transporting all my supplies is going to be such a hassle. And I have a job there!

[It's retail, but it's a job.]