[ He actually already watches as Souji approached from a distance - mostly to see how he was carrying himself. It's hard to tell what exactly the other would feel like right now without using a general description as "like shit" which would probably just apply to both of them. But if anything, this conversation is a good way of checking up on that. Subtly. Even if being subtle might not exactly be his strongest point.

He lets out a deep breath as the other man finally fully approached, shaking his head. ]

Nah.

[ It was a little bit, but Shinpachi honestly doesn't care. He needs to do something with himself to keep his thoughts from wandering, after all.

After it he opens his mouth once, then twice-- like he keeps wanting to say something but isn't sure how to put it. But in the end he just decides to go with the most simple version. ]

About Kondou-san.. [ .. anything involving him is their heaviest topic at this point, huh. ] .. you know that he didn't mean what he was saying or doing back there, right? He wasn't himself.

[ Even if, at that moment, it had seemed like Souji had taken every single bit of it at complete face value. ]