[Has he been well...? Such a mundane question, almost like they were old friends, worried for each other's health. Eichi can't help but laugh, even as he raises a hand to his head, feeling for his horns that he's sported for three years now, only recently being able to hide them away. Somehow it's weirder now for him not to find them there. He's changed, for sure.

For better? For worse? He's not sure, and until now he wasn't sure if anyone would notice. Maybe the one teetering on the edge of madness is him.]

I...

I've never been better!

[It isn't like Eichi to falter, but he's really not sure how to answer. What's the 'right' answer?]

My health is great, better than it's ever been, and I have no obstacles between myself and the work I want to do, other than that I'm relatively unknown outside of our Japan. It's been an interesting challenge, scraping myself up from the bottom, but not an unpleasant one!

[He's mostly trying to convince himself.

... Maybe he should look into therapy.... no, no. He's fine. It's fine!]