[Wait until Ray hears he doesn't particularly believe in god or an afterlife, either, or participate in much more than Shinto traditions baked into the culture like visiting a shrine on New Years' or making a wish on Tanabata.

He's unused to actually religious people enough that he's a little confused at the older man's reaction, but then Ray shakes it off and changes the subject and Shinji lets it go.]

Geez, it gets that bad? Sounds like a pain in the ass.

[Maybe he ought to find a cafe or something to work at. He's good at cooking and wouldn't have to deal with people that way, for the most part.]

A place to sit would be nice, yeah. Especially with heat.

[He probably...should have accepted that scarf, honestly, because he's definitely shivering a bit at this point. But he's going to ignore that as long as he can.]

...Uh. Name's Aragaki, by the way.

[His last name, anyway, but "Shinjiro" is way too familiar for a stranger.]