Nice to know someone around here could double as an alarm bell. Niikura wouldn't have minded having Recluse around that first night; that way he could've known ahead of time that some crazy pirate was going to attack him with flaming projectiles.

Seriously, how close to being an anime character was this guy? Crazy eyes, special monster-detecting powers, awesome not-exactly-an-actual name, sci-fi uniform...but he'd keep his comments to himself. He didn't want to accidentally shatter the fourth wall and blow up the universe - which wasn't plausible, but it was fun thinking that it would.

Niikura only nodded and stepped off from the wall as Gant offered to let Recluse lead the way. He'd be the starry-eyed teenager for now.