Zahra's ready to retaliate immediately. Ushio's just a convenient target for all of their gripes about pre-reform global society wrapped up in a package shaped exactly like a horrific reminder of some of their (Atem's) worst deeds and all the trauma that came with it. It's not his fault.

But then he starts talking. And that indignant index finger begins lower millimeter by millimeter until Zahra completely deflates. "I... yes. A smoothie would be fantastic."

"And some explanations would be nice as well," says Shizuka.