[Ryou smiles and nods, sipping his tea with a little more happiness now.]

I guess it's the closest thing to therapy you can get here, right?

[Not that any real therapist would listen to that story without assuming she was just insane. That really must be tough. She can't really tell anyone other than the people with equally weird experiences that live here.]

Hey, Vaughn-san, would you mind if I borrowed a little bit of your story for a future TRPG campaign? It could be really fun to adapt.