[ He blinks a couple of times, though the smile returns to his lips. ]

The future, huh...?

[ With a thoughtful expression, he tilts his head to the side, ever-so-slightly. ]

I'm not sure how far into the future this could even be considered, right this second. To me, a lot of this stuff seems to be from an earlier time. Maybe... thirty, or so, years earlier? Where I'm from, we have things like smartphones, thin laptops...

[ Briefly, he's scrubbing a hand through his hair. ]

Sorry, I never even introduced myself. [ even if the profiles give their info away right at the start ] I'm Akira Kurusu.