Akane just nods at the contact, a soft smile curling up on her lips as Kunizuka's warm hand shifts all around her upper body. It's very much appreciated, and she can only hope to do the same. But she barely knows Kunizuka... how can she comfort her?

"Right... Aliens aren't real," she says it as her first point. "I honestly don't see anything like that happening. So this may as well be a simulation, more than anything else.

"But," and this is when she faces Kunizuka. "How do we know that we're also real? Or are we also a simulation?"