[. . . hah. he lingers for a brief moment before withdrawing and returning to his French press. he has some water set to boil in a nearby electric kettle, so for now! he just adds the coffee grinds]

Hey now. If you think you're getting out of this conversation without me asking about yours, you've got another thing coming.

[. . . this is familiar. not dissimilar to the equivalent exchange of painful information Edamura had demanded back during ghost week]

So think of it as. . . a fair trade.

[a beat]

. . . baggage for baggage.