Hikari is keeping Togusa quite busy, but he doesn't mind. He'd rather have this time in his daughter's life. He looks down as the tea brews, getting his thoughts in order. What Shuji had to say worried Togusa a lot.

"Can I ask about- the book, that you got? Tsushima-" another hesitation, before he looks up at Koutarou again for courage. "He said there was some kind of connection between himself and his book. That it might be the same for you. And that if something happened to the book, it might hurt you. That's-" He shakes his head. "It's silly, right?"