At some point, Shiki falls asleep after finishing her gyudon. It 's not intentional. But somehow, she finds herself nodding off to the quiet drone of Ken-jichan 's and Shoko-san 's voices blurring together in the background ' then promptly startles back awake an indeterminate amount of time later, when her uncle suddenly

stiffens,

and something in his tone turns cutting.

'Gojo. '

'Yo, Nanami! ' Satoru-niichan 's voice is very pointedly upbeat, exaggeratedly so. 'Still here, I see. '

'Where else would I be? ' Ken-jichan 's response sounds almost challenging, for a moment. Or maybe it 's just Shiki 's imagination.

Satoru-niichan tilts his head, then shrugs. He glances towards Shoko-san. 'How 's Kiyohira doing? '

'Still unconscious, ' the young woman replies evenly. 'Expect him to stay that way for a while. Like I said before, if anything in his situation changes, then I 'll let you know. '

'Great! You 're the best, Shoko, ' the young man smiles.