[ well, it doesn't fall out of the realm of believability. ]

... I don't know. To be honest, I'm not even sure if we can trust CERES at all, but there's not much we can do about it now as it is. I have no way to try and contact anyone back home to confirm whether or not any of this is true. Well ... not that I think my cellphone would be able to contact them in a place like this, anyways.

[ as much as he'd talk tadashi's ear off on possible digressions, makoto doesn't have anything in the way of a plan. it's that kind of generic helplessness plaguing him now as he enters the restaurant, eventually schooling his expression back into moderate placidity. ]

Don't let me get you down, though. I'm sure we'll figure it out eventually. There's too much at stake not to do our best.