"...You know, that's a good question." There are a few things he doesn't have to ask, simply by virtue of having landed himself in this particular chat thanks to his own choices. (Given the decor, he's especially glad for that part.) There's also pretty good odds he's the only one relatively happy to be here for a private conversation. As for some of what's come to light from other people's discussions, he'd rather chew on that on his own, for the time being.

Death wouldn't necessarily be a bad entity to ask about the lowercase version, but Naoki's pretty sure those questions will be better off in Naoto's hands.

"Well, I'm sure there are some things you think I ought to know about the general situation," he finally says. "And I don't know what I should call you, other than the obvious. How about we start with those two points and see where that takes us?"