[Shinoa listens.... and a strange change comes over her. Her brows furrow, her eyes darken inscrutably, and.... eventually, she starts laughing, a soft giggle that becomes too clear to contain.

It's not an innocent sort of laughter. As it tapers off, the girl taking wheezing breaths to steady herself, she responds:]

Oh man, that sounds exactly like what our leader would do. My place is probably heading towards a bad time....

[For a few moments, her expression is contemplative, faraway.]

I guess he can't live forever, even if the world gets taken over. [She means... the regime? The leader?]

To clarify, is yours somewhat stabilizing now?