[Please just fucking kill him. Carlos starts laughing and that distracts Junpei from the barrier because he's suddenly far more embarrassed than he was five seconds ago.]

Stop. [Because that will certainly get him to stop laughing.] ...that was Akane and her brother Aoi, yeah.

Dude, I don't know! Probably because Akane wouldn't let him and they needed me for their plan? [It's spat out both as a defense and slightly annoyed, but he's folding his arms over his chest and frowning.] Anyway we were focused on trying to get out of the freezer. We were locked in.