[he glances at him, and then back at his coffee. He... just finishes it off, rather than answer the question immediately.]

Yeah-- guess the excitement got to me for a moment. [a white lie.]

Who were those girls? You called them your executioners but that doesn't make sense.

[unless it's Phantom Thieves stuff, but he doesn't want to say so until Akira notes he's okay with talking about it there.]