[The quiet company really helped while he was shaking all to pieces -- the last time... the last time he'd been in a place like that there hadn't been anyone, not a single person for days and days. Having people around, Mitsuru, the campfire, had been a surprisingly big help in getting him back to himself again.

Well. He's still not entirely all the way to himself, and won't be for a while. But he's more-or-less present and coherent and that's something.]

M-- Kirijo. [he may have spent too much time just talking to the other Mitsuru] Better. I think.

[It's a very low bar, but you've got to start somewhere.]