[ Natori, you really gotta stop dropping such loaded tidbits on him without warning? Vangeance takes a seat, blinking as he unpacks that ever-so-casual statement. Then, after that very brief pause, ]

I see. It’s unfortunate you had to spend your birthday in this place. [ Because that sure was one of his takeaways. It’s stressful enough just being here, but having to waste a personally special day in this strange setting must feel especially dire to most people. Probably. And then, more importantly: ] But I assume it posed no other thread, then. [ Or Natori would have mentioned it, right? ] ... did you request something of it?

[ Somewhere at the back of his mind he’s already wondering if this mysterious birthday skeleton will also appear for him in roughly a month, and what he should do about it. ]