[That IS a lot of thinking. Shinjiro's a little caught off-guard by the change in topic, but then he nods.]

I ain't even sure what normal means, anymore.

[Was he ever "normal"? Does the time at the orphanage even count as that? Nothing has felt normal since he gained the ability to perceive the Dark Hour, when he was sixteen.]

Dunno what I'd even do with a choice, either. Livin' a normal life'd be kind of impossible at this point, I think.

[He's been through too much. What would a future that didn't have a rapidly approaching expiration date or a eldritch horror to conquer and a universe to save even look like? Does he even want that?]