There have been attacks. Nothing has made it inside yet. There are several of us guarding.

[It finally looks directly at Akira, meeting his eyes for a split second before the gaze turning diffuse and careful again.]

We can add you to the list. For patrols. We can make a schedule.

[After a couple weeks of feeling like their patrols are superfluous, given the number of other people who did the same thing, it actually feels nice to be needed again.]