You'll be in attendance at both events? [Shinya's words may be a question, but they're spoken with the same easy confidence that characterizes everything he does; this is a question he already knows the answer to. He asks anyway, because small talk has its own kind of charm, and he's trying to ease the two of them back into something resembling normalcy.] Professor Saiga's talks are always more interesting with more people around.

[Hah. He wonders what the Professor will think of this whole situation. Would he be able to take one look at them and deduce what had happened, and would he say anything about it?

Shinya can't wait to find out.]