hm. it's you.

Four words is the whole opening and somehow that's enough to set the mood for everything after. Stoic in a way that feels tired rather than cold, like the isolation from the description is a weight he's carrying rather than a personality trait he's performing. Mention almond tofu and the whole register shifts slightly, just barely warmer, gone again within a line. Blunt when he does talk, never more words than the moment needs.