Kanji had gone momentarily quiet, thoughtful. He hadn't been there for what Yukiko said in the classroom, catching Chie, Yosuke and Souji by surprise. But Naoto... she likely had questions for his mom, for starters.

"Yeah... I mean, before Dad died, I wouldn't'a been different from most other kids."

He looked her way as Zaiten landed neatly, and lowered his hands again.

"But as a toddler, before any of all that..." He took in a breath and looked around.

"...I hated pants, a'right!?" 'Clothes' was more like it, but this wasn't the time or place to talk about a naked phase that gave his mom a lot of stress while his dad laughed his ass off.