[Kyon is decidedly taken aback. He makes a funny sound and then stops short.]
'Three and a half years... But she left our world before me. Am I supposed to try and reason that out? I refuse. I'm just not going to think about it. Where's Koizumi when you need him? In fact, where is he at all? What am I doing here? Usually there's something I have to do before getting back to our world, but I'm getting a sinking feeling about that.'
Three and a half years, huh? And you've expanded the Brigade quite a bit.
'What is that part about? What even is the SOS Brigade without the five of us? Is it really true that she could have picked any four people, or even more, and made it her brigade? It's not that I'm obsessed with being important to her, or this, but--
Hell! The lesson of the little adventure I just went through was that only we can be the SOS Brigade. I thought so, anyway.'
[Action]
'Three and a half years... But she left our world before me. Am I supposed to try and reason that out? I refuse. I'm just not going to think about it. Where's Koizumi when you need him? In fact, where is he at all? What am I doing here? Usually there's something I have to do before getting back to our world, but I'm getting a sinking feeling about that.'
Three and a half years, huh? And you've expanded the Brigade quite a bit.
'What is that part about? What even is the SOS Brigade without the five of us? Is it really true that she could have picked any four people, or even more, and made it her brigade? It's not that I'm obsessed with being important to her, or this, but--
Hell! The lesson of the little adventure I just went through was that only we can be the SOS Brigade. I thought so, anyway.'
[He frowns markedly.]