"I was... pretty much a science experiment." Joe sighs, rolling his eyes a little, because this is exactly what he meant by 'complicated'. Still, Ahiru was a friend he could trust with knowing how it went between him and the Real Thing, right? She wouldn't think any less of him for being a fake. "Using copied memories, they created me to be an impostor of Riku."

"I was made just a few days before I showed up here, in the port. So I've been here now much longer than I ever existed, 'back home'."

"Here." He hands her the pasta pot. "Fill it up to right about there with water from the sink. We need lots of water, so that all the spaghetti can cook, even if some of it steams out from boiling."

After a longer pause, leaning on the counter, he adds quietly-

"...I'm glad too."