[Fuyuhiko quirks an eyebrow curiously, watching the strand of hair with a slightly bewildered expression. He's really not sure what that's all about, but it's true: that's definitely not something normal humans can do.]

[After a few minutes, he shrugs.]

What's it matter if you're not technically human? You're still a living thing capable of conscious thought, aren't you? You've got the ability to make your own choices, may as well exercise that right.

[Barely even a month ago, he probably would have had a very different answer to that question. Where he's from, there really aren't non-humans, other than animals. But then Chiaki and the Neo World Program happened. It's given him a new perspective. In more ways than one.]