"You're one of the new kids, huh?" Haruto took another bite while talking. While he liked to be polite, the fact that he was running horribly low on mana even after the last few days was more important. Dragon's presence was still pulling on him and the dull ache was a constant reminder that he wasn't doing good enough. If another attack happened, he had to be ready to move, which meant taking it easy and eating as much as possible in the meantime. Having a low-paying job didn't help matters with how expensive it was to get real food.

The look on the girl's face reminds him of Koyomi -- actually, they were probably around the same age, though he wasn't very good at guessing the ages of foreigners. It made him realize how much he missed her. Koyomi needed a constant feed of mana from him to survive. It had already been a week since he'd arrived, which meant she had likely run out by now. Maybe Nitou and the others had found a way to compensate for it, but...

"I'm sort of the unofficial welcoming committee, if you need some help getting around." Haruto took another bite, at least chewing and swallowing this time before he continued talking. "Unless you're already from this hunk of junk, in that case you're better off than most of us."