Maruki chuckled lightly at Hamuko reiterating his words. Cozy sure was the only way you could describe this place. The blazing sun. The perpetual shade coming from the trees or the breeze that whistled casually.

"A dog is man's best friend, after all," he nods at how she talks about Koromaru, devolving to talking about herself and then...her life. For how short it was and how they made it all count.

Or so they told themselves.

"I am happy you had a group like that who supported each other even in times of peril. Even if...the situation felt hopeless."

"What were all of you planning? For the future?" he asks thoughtfully.