[ Definitely something he can wholeheartedly agree with, expression shifting for a second as something comes to mind with that statement as well. His head was a lot clearer not being in that place and it's tasteless attempts at being anything like entertainment so that was helping on more than one level.

So far he can't give a good assessment of what he thinks of this place when it keeps throwing odd things at him with little time inbetween to take it all in. ]

Retreat? I wouldn't quite go so far as referring to it as something like that.

[ His mindset is interesting at least, but it's not something that Souji has to know about at the moment. ]

Though... I do agree. I'm not sure how much more I would have been able to stand with how it was going.