(Ushiromiya Battler - Battler is his given name: he's more Japan than Ifornia - takes a careful look, when the seagull flies. It manages to gain some height before crashing back to earth: Battler can tell.)

So this is the power of emotions in this place. The power to bring life to the lifeless, if only for a moment. It's... I want to say it's quite different from home, but...

Ugh, that's useless. It's damned useless.

Uh, not your performance: it was one of the better ones I've seen today.