[He listens along, smiling the whole while. She can tell him not to say it all she wants, but he will still privately think it: Inaba-san has such a beautiful way of thinking.]

Mm. A lot of awful things happen. And the more that you run from them, the worse they get. Until you're not really living at all. You're just running.

[Yuuto seems to parrot her thoughts back to her, but he can hear his own tone slipping into something melancholic. That doesn't suit 'Yuuto' at all, so he tries to nudge his tone in an upward direction.]

If this is the changed Inaba-san, then I'm glad that I got to meet her! Though, please don't go getting along with any other 'Yuuto.' [He laughs passed this,] Not that I change much to begin with!