[He DOESN'T though! Tetsuo has no idea how he knows her, and this is not the first time this happened! How many people are familiar thanks to rooting around in other people's minds? It's entirely likely she's one of those ghosts in his head, like everyone else he should neither know nor give a shit about and yet-
...
Or she could just be his next door neighbor that he, in true hikikomori fashion, ought to have at least seen around in his reluctance to leave the damn house.
Fine.
Make it the completely mundane option, see if he cares, remind him that's... actually an option, whatever. Mystery fucking solved, he guesses. She's clearly seen him, to know that...]
You are? Which house?
[So..he doesn't remember. Same questions, different Tetsuo.]
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...
Or she could just be his next door neighbor that he, in true hikikomori fashion, ought to have at least seen around in his reluctance to leave the damn house.
Fine.
Make it the completely mundane option, see if he cares, remind him that's... actually an option, whatever. Mystery fucking solved, he guesses. She's clearly seen him, to know that...]
You are? Which house?
[So..he doesn't remember. Same questions, different Tetsuo.]