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This is Minato Arisato. I’ve been absent for the past month due to being sent home. Would anyone mind filling me in on what happened while I was gone?

[He already have the basics from Yu. But what if his roommate was unaware of other things? Hence the question.]

For a lighter question, what are some of your favourite activities/hobbies?

[A seemingly innocent, useless question. But it’s a topic Minato purposely choose for this just to talk to people, either via text or audio or just face to face. As long people talks, he's happy.]

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I just asked something similar before I went home! Great minds think alike?

So I can't really fill you in. Sorry

[He just had to comment on the situation. It figures the two of them would be sent home around the same time, and ask almost the same questions on the network.]

It's a good ice breaker question.

[It seems like they both went home at roughly the same time. The difference between them was when they asked this question.]

It's alright. Did you just return recently, am I right?

I found it was good for cheering people up as well.

And I did. Just a little over a week ago now, if I remember correctly.

People get to talk about their favourite things. It can be fun to watch.

[How their faces lighten up, their voices sounding more excited and happy, these things are what Minato like to see.]

Are you doing well since then?

[How's your post-return recovery going? Minato knows how it feels when someone returned to their world alone.]

Yeah. It's nice seeing them cheer up like that.

And I've been just fine. Glad to be back, as strange as that sounds.

[He's just relieved to be out of there. Seeing that destroyed world... it was exactly like what he had expected, but that didn't make it any less painful.]

It does sound strange at first, but understandable. This place isn't the best, but it's not completely horrible.

[Minato knows he's being biased and that's fine. Just as long he's not alone here, Minato will always endure.]

There's worse places we could be, after all.

...What was it like, going back? Are you feeling okay?

Going back reminds me why I appreciate and miss being around people.

[His Social Links are his strength. Between being effectively alone and feeling the emptiness from his broken links, Minato was tired. But he endured it for the slim chance of returning to the tower.

It happened last time, so he cling onto that faint hope.]

Same here. It's not a good feeling, getting to know so many people here and then suddenly waking up alone.

...I'm glad you returned.

[Minato deserved to be here with people, unlike Ryoji. He couldn't imagine someone so selfless continuing to be beaten down by cruelty and ending up back in his destroyed world forever.]

It's hard, but I have hope I'll be back. Since it's my second time, I know what to expect.

It's good to be back, Ryoji.

[While it's so easy to type out lies on the network, his words are as honest as ever. The tower is cruel and harsh, not worthy of being called "home" in his eyes yet.

The only good part to this are the people here.]

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