[He's not surprised to hear that she knows how it feels. She's a small, meek, frightened little rabbit. The kind who'd easily be taken advantage of...it's easy to see, he picked up on it the first time they even met. So he can imagine that's exactly what happens to her a lot, which would of course make you lonely. It's not the same kind of loneliness as what he's feeling, but it makes it easier to see it. Probably makes it all that more pronounced in what he's doing, forcing her to pay attention to him like this.

Though it's funny...maybe if it were some of his other classmates, that last part would be right too. But Shuichi and Kaede just manage to make him feel that much lonelier and isolated, in the end, even if they are his dearest friends.

He doesn't let his chipper facade fade however, even if she managed to find a crack in it. Instead he just smiles back at her again.]

Nishishi~ It makes me really happy to hear that you won't abandon me, Tsumiki-chan~ Loyal members are important for any good evil organization! Plus, I'd hate to have to send you to Siberia just because of something like that, y'know?

[He's not really confirming what she's saying, but he's not denying it either, and faces forward again to start walking with a little more exuberance in his step.]

Are you hungry? Lunch is our first stop! You can't perform a good initiation on an empty stomach, so we'll fill our bellies until they burst, okay?