[He turns to her after his hands have successfully felt the surface of cool steel. Ryuji's pretty immature about a lot of things in life, so it's probably no surprise that he says what he says next.]

I've always kinda wondered what it'd be like to be a mech pilot or a fighter pilot. Yeah, look, I know it's pretty effin' lame to think that way, and it's just manga or anime or some bullshit like that. But.

[This definitely isn't what they came here for.]

Maybe it's more than that. Maybe it's just havin' the power to see things move past you at this point? We've been stuck in this station for months... how nice would it be to just be able to glide out across the stars. Feel movement.

[He's getting too hopeful for his own good here, but maybe it's something she can relate to?]

Like cruisin' on by on a skateboard. You know what I mean?