"I want to talk to you," he said with quick firmness.
He then paused to contemplate the redundency of his sentence. She didn't understand why he had come here, but he found it necessary. His gaze moved slightly to the left of Kiriko's head but didn't take in any curious glances of her room. He respected her privacy, at least.
Oh, except he actually had to tell her what he wanted to discuss. Well, that was hard.