"Oh, talking with you is hardly the questionable part," Noriko replies breezily, talking over her shoulder as she climbs up the stairs. "Usually that's what comes later after you're already trashed."

She looks down for a second at his admission, but covers it well. "...Fair enough. People can be assholes." She'd know better than most, as the two bullet scars in her back can show. "Want to go in?"