[Right. Sympathy. Hasn't Aoba explained this to him before? He takes a note of it with a free hand, as if reminding himself to look it up to better understand it later.

See.
He's making an attempt, here.

That aside, the image of Ozymandias flickers, and the man peals out another laugh again, announcing himself as King. Noiz' eyes dart over, but return to Aoba within another moment. His expression doesn't change, even though it... really probably should.]

I don't know if I'd call him 'important'. He just talked a lot. And made a lot of noise.
Asked too many questions and didn't understand why showing up at 3am wasn't okay.

[He sounds irritated now, but. His eyes close, after a moment.]

He never once called me 'strange'.