Birkin looked over his shoulder at Adachi and raised his middle finger. He really had the worst way of putting things when he wasn't pretending to be a complete idiot.

He sat down on the floor and put a hand on Stein's shoulder. "Yeah, I know," Birkin said forcing himself to smile. "You're not exactly the best influence on me either, to be fair. But it could be a lot worse. I mean, we could be crazy and alone."

After glancing over at the Shadow, Birkin sighed. "There's only one way to shut it up, you know."