[Ryouma... he doesn't trust the man. The research is helpful, probably, but everything about him makes him want to recoil. He's not sure why - it's more of a gut reaction - but hearing that he has so much to do with this makes him uneasy.]

Infecting our world... with the vines and the fruits, you mean? Isn't there some way to close off the cracks to - no. You've clearly though of that.

[Of course they had. They were working on it for years. They didn't need a... someone his age to tell them what to do.]

And what sort of position are you planning on? There has to be something. Just containing it isn't working. Why is it bleeding in faster?

[They're all in danger. If he can help... he can protect the people he wants to protect. That has to be his priority more than anything else.]