Seven...how young. Maruki's attends to his ramen so that their interaction remains informal. This isn't counselling, he's just hearing her out. As a friend. He's careful about this and he wants to help her in every way he can to get her out of the crisis but they are still eating out. He needs to remember that.

I'm not going to be the gloomy girl disappearing in the back of the class-

Her need to push herself past her hurting. To reach out to others even when her heart ached, surely it did now, didn't it? Now that all was said and done and she was brought here amongst ghosts, scientists, criminals and the ordinary. "What you went through, Hamuko-san...I understand all too well. Loss has its tendency of seeping into the very cracks of your psyche and sometimes, getting up from it can cause those cracks to dig deeper."

"I hope you get to see your brother here some day...I believe he will be proud of how far you've come. Now for what you've done for the whole world but the steps you have taken to take care of yourself as well."

"I just hope you aren't being burdened by your own expectations. It's okay to process that gloom and move past it at your own pace."