It wasn't his, but Yosuke still winced. "Alright, let's make that a no," he said, trying to keep at least his voice matter of fact in a world that was rapidly spiralling away from him. "Stay calm, stay calm... It's too early to freak out yet... I mean, you're fine, you're still fine! I just need to - run and get help."

Yeah, right, murmured his own voice, that was the best and worst joke he's heard all day. As if he wasn't just talking to himself out loud too, just then. Where could he run? Far enough to pretend he never saw her?

Floundering, he seized on the next question that drifted into his mind. "Um, what's your name?"