At the mention of his father, Shinra shuddered a little and shook his head as though to jar the horrific memories away. Quick, a change of subject was urgently needed.

"There might be stalls?" he ventured. "We can go inspect the showers if you'd like. And if there aren't anything like that, keeping your helmet on could work. Aaa, sorry about all this, Celty. I'll try to graduate as soon as possible so that we can get a proper place and you won't have to worry so much."

He walked around her to face her then, grasping her by both shoulders to gently guide her into straightening.

"We'll figure this all out together."