[It's strangely intimidating to want to ingratiate yourself to a group of friends that he's never met; moreso that they're Dave's friends. Sure, he always has a little bit of well hidden anxiety in him that keeps him constantly moving and shifting between his feet to keep occupied, but Ryuji would want to hang with them, too. He knows how deeply influenced by his own friends he's become- Makoto got him to study more, Ren got him to open up, Haru showed him that not everything that looks delicate is- the list goes on and on; he's curious to see what watermarks Dave's friends left on him too. He already has a pretty high opinion of him, so he can imagine they're also equally great people to be around. Again, just swimming around in a sea of hypotheticals here, it was equally likely and unlikely that something like that could even happen.]

I like how you just low key called me weird. [He doesn't let him off the hook on that one, though. It's kind of true though, isn't it? Ryuji can't really be that offended. He's spent so long being around the same people, that it always felt like he was just being himself. The more people he meets on the station, the more he sees that he's an exception to the rule, not the norm. Sometimes Ryuji forgets how much of a complete loner he was for the years that led up to starting the Phantom Thieves.]

Oh yeah. You mentioned that guy before. [And here he was, putting 2 and 2 together a little bit more.] I'm gettin' the sense that we're not talkin' about the mayor of Houston.