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Minato obliges, standing up for a moment (after carefully laying her head down somewhere comfortable) and grabs the ice cream.

Something stood out to Minato, though, after he came back. He was tired, after all; he wasn't the type to let it show normally, but then again, what Minato and the others had to do, most athletes would probably struggle through, and as fit as Minato was, he was no athlete.
".....what did you mean by that? Easier over here, I mean?"

"I'll.....take Ito's word for it. Sorry, Haruko. I grew up here; mole people are a little hard for even me to buy."

"It gets......bad, you're right. Truth be told, I don''t USUALLY deal with stuff like that. And it'll hurt a lot. you're right. It's a risk of who we are, mainly because we're also the ones who can take it. Still....I'm sorry you had to go through that."

Minato hid his relief. Good to know he'd made the right choice, for the moment.
"I.....wish I could tell you it wasn't this crazy, but it is. This isn't the craziest things could get, either. Sorry I can't be softer about it, but....well, you're an Awakened now, this just comes with the territory. All I can say is that it gets easier. A little bit.

And at least you aren't doing this on your own."

After calmly closing the door behind Faith, Minato hangs his blazer up where he can. Letting Faith proceed to the couch first, he inwardly debated on whether or not he should stay to watch over her.

On one hand, they hadn't known each other that long. Maybe it would be weird for Minato to stay. Maybe he should leave, let her sort herself out first. That seemed a logical thing to do.

On the other hand, she was sad, a friend of his, and in need of comfort to distract her from the insanity that had been today. Nobody else was around to do it; Noriko wouldn't, certainly, and Yuki was absent.

Minato closes his eyes, breathes in, and decides.
"Hell with it."
He stalks over to the couch, sits next to Faith, and carefully strokes her head, in as comforting a way as he can manage. He never WAS any good at this comforting thing; after all, beating up bullies and telling them to screw off was one thing. Fighting one's inner demons was another, and this wasn't an enemy Minato could just summon Durandal at.

Still, he owed it to her to try.

"Trust me. She'll be fine; she just needs a little patching up. We've done all we can for her. You need a breather, after today."

At that particular moment in time, Spica arrives with Lapis in tow. She does not look happy at all, and Lapis stays noticeably silent around her.
"Sorry that I've got nothing but bad news. The girl with me hasn't woken up yet. Her condition's stable, but she's not woken up at all. Given what Lapis told me, taking her to the hospital might not be the best idea either, especially given that Zoanthropes might be attacking hospitals now too. I'm hoping the girl with you people's fine, right?"

She doesn't wait for you to respond, a grim expression on her face.
"Anyway, I've got even worse news. Supposedly, while we were dealing with the Zoanthropes here in Touto, a few contacts of mine saw a giant snake in Hokuto around the same time, out in the rural parts where they haven't built up much yet. They can't confirm if the thing is a Zoanthrope, and none of the news outlets have picked up on it somehow, but if it is, we've got three big Zoanthropes in the area and we're still not much closer to figuring out where they're coming from."