[When at first it seems like she might still not understand, Ryouta raises a quiet and quickly failing protest. He's used to this...maybe all human girls are so energetic. He's only ever known the one.]

Yup, been like that since I got here. It's nice to meet you, too, Miss Minami. I figured not everyone here would have been through the same stuff I went through. It'd be weirder if we were all birds! I think.

[But not all birds are the same, really...and he realizes, belated, that he shouldn't have assumed that Kotori's similarities to someone else suggested similarities between all teenage girls.]

I'm just hoping it doesn't get in the way of me getting hired, you know?