Ryo turns around. "Your footsteps were silent...so most people wouldn't have heard you. I learned to protect myself...by training my ears and other senses to be aware of approaching people. You could have been a mouse...and I still would've heard you." he looks down. "Its what I learned to do after fifth grade. I found it easier to avoid being put in lockers or turned into mush by the people who disliked me simply because I'm not cool. I'm a nerd. I know it and it doesn't bother me. I'm not a fighter...but...when I lose my temper...even the bullies would say...it was like a hurricane hit them." he shrugs. "Anyways...I don't think Shadow is going to want to make common ground with either of us." he says honestly. He thinks. "Why would I need to...find common ground with Shadow anyways?" he asks in honest confusion.