[He uses a finger to silence Beni before the little robot bird speaks.] Let's just say it's a relief and it makes my life easier. [He's not going to even start to think about Beni in a human body -- that's a pandora's box he doesn't want to get into.]

You've been a great host and a great help, Ren. [He enters the room, looking around. Well... he isn't sure what to expect but this is very underwhelming.] Is it just you and Aoba here? [As he says that, he swears he saw some sort of animal tail.]