You may be making new sounds, but you're still you. Perhaps they'll call you Beast, but you're not a beast.

[Naoto stood there, turning to fully face him now. She was perhaps the only person here now he truly knew Kanji. He wasn't a brute, but he could be short-tempered and lash out in response. Still, he was a good kid - a good friend even.]

It will take longer for them to warm up here, but I can try helping. It's my role, is it not?