[If anxiety is what Dave's feeling at the moment, especially over the idea of time resetting, Ryuji's doing his best to keep some of those feelings at bay. The harsh reality of the situation is that they don't really have much of a choice in the matter; they're here to fix something that's going terribly wrong, and even if realities are getting spun and thrown to their death, the only one Ryuji is conscious of is the one right here, with a little bird nesting his way through the brush of his hair.

With everything that's going on, at least these shrines feel like they're giving a good aura to them, even if his dumb mouth is shooting of blasphemies left and right. There's a certain sense of calmness to these religious cornerstones of faith all around them.

At least Dave shares in his own feelings towards them. Ryuji might've been agnostic at some point, but after knowing what good old Yaldy was capable of, he's certain that they've got some messed up priorities.]

Dude, the most insufferable.

[he says it with too much affection for it to come off as an insult instead of the inside joke they're setting up.]

You sorta get to thinkin' about it, though. The ones here just seem kinda like normal people with weird ass day jobs. I don't pity 'em, though. All that cosmic power and they've gotta deal with weirdos like us trampling through everything they set up for people.

I dunno.

I kinda wish I could believe in 'em, but they seem almost as faulted as... uh, us? Me. Whatever, you get what I mean, right?