Of course the reference to the phone booth was totally lost on him, but Walker could at least appreciate the sentiment - and also the fact that Fuu seemed to actually catch his drift here. Understanding the nuances of your current plotline was an important thing, especially in dangerous situations! "That's the best way to think about it," he confirmed, "if you get too caught up in an angsty arc, it can quickly go from suspenseful to boring. The heroes have to be strong and optimistic sometimes, or else it sounds like the writers are creating so much drama that it's impossible to take seriously!"

'Wonderfully' Japanese-sounding was kind of an odd way to put it, but Walker really didn't have any room to talk whatsoever about putting things in an odd way. "I'm from Ikebukuro, so you're right, Japan. A huge part of it!" It really was a place that he was fond of, in spite of (or because of) all the bizarre things that always seemed to happen there.

"There's never a dull moment there!" Hey, speaking of dull moments, "Where should we go first?"