"... Trismegistus fixed it," he said irritably, tightening his arms across his chest. "But it still friggin' hurt. I don't know what the heck you did to pull him out like that..."

But what? Don't do it again? Junpei didn't know where his complaint was going. Stein's method, no matter how perverse or awful it felt, had worked in the end. He'd managed to make Trismegistus appear, and it hadn't left any permanent damage on either of them.

"No thanks. I'm not really hungry," he insisted finally. "I just wanna figure out what the heck is wrong with me."