[It's a little scary, the way Shiro drifts off like that. That must be what it looks like when someone is getting trapped inside their own mind, and Jean wonders if he's ever done that to Armin or Bertolt. He probably has, and he should apologize to them for it.]

I said you shouldn't have to know what this is like. Remembering stuff like this.

[He pauses for a moment, long enough for Fat Ice Dog to pat a consoling flipper on Shiro's knee. There, there.]

I still don't like fireworks. But if I know they're coming, they don't bother me so much. Not anymore.