I suppose there is where we differ. I like humanity a lot that the numbers game is always in favor of someone. There is never anyone completely hated by the world. There is someone -- a low standard someone, perhaps -- that sees that person as meaning something to them. I think that speaks well for the society that we live in. [ Speaks well but not "good." ]

Yes, sometimes ... it is best to think in simpler terms. [ But what a surprise -- he means something to Howard? Well, that is how friendship is on Earth. And he thinks Howard means something to him; he recalls admitting it. What was it? Oh. The shape of humanity comes into focus around him.

Nothing exists within Kei; he can look into a person and pick out their weaknesses, and he can understand them mostly, but their humanity is not something he can readily see. Most, by instinct, keep him from seeing it in its complete shape. But Howard allows him to witness the unguarded state; it is nice.

And the rain cloud that follows him is always welcome. ]