It doesn't get another laugh, but he clearly heard her because he smiles in response. It is very hard to bring up an argument as to why he is not stupid when he is lying in a hospital bed with a gunshot wound in him. These drugs are also really nice, it's not an experience Togusa has had much before.

One finger reaches out and he pokes himself in the head. "Not like that. Their code, it's not code. I downloaded it, you should take a look yourself, got the stuff at my place to download from- the- cyberbrain."

His voice was getting lighter as he spoke there, and he almost drifts off at the end. His grip on her hand tightens, and his eyes look like they're staring past Mariko. His jaw clenches, and he sucks in a very tight breath through his nose as he continues to space out. Something external is hitting him, but that grip on Mariko's hand is desperately trying to keep himself grounded here.