Someone has to do it. [A pause.]

I tried imagining what I would do if I did run away. Just an idle thought I entertained one evening. Considering how often I miss school... [He smiles wanly.] Do you suppose I would make a good rickshaw runner?

[Oh look, Raidou trying to make a joke. He doesn't want to get into the problems he has with his job in the middle of her birthday party.]