[ The ability to care simply got beaten out of him. He'd get it, though. Reputation's important; being able to back it up even more so — and since Hayame seems like she could back anything she says up, if not with words then with fists (hooves??), she's got his respect. He stays pleasantly amiable towards her, increasing his pace so he can, indeed, keep up. It's like a brisk walk is all. ]

Yeah, sure thing.

[ He picks up the pace a little; at least the cornerstone isn't too far away. ]

It's meat alright. The one I had was beef, but I think they'll make it out of anything available. Pretty sure there are kinds of meat here I've never even heard of before.

[ It's a whole new weird world, made up of the corpses of all kinds of other weird dead worlds.

He carries on ahead, keeping up conversation as he does. ]

You a carnivore or something?

[ It's a friendly, colloquial jab — he doesn't think she actually is one, or that she literally only eats meat — but who knows how well that translates. ]