"It does make your world bigger." Which is part of why he's trying, very subtly, to urge Mikazuki to read, even if Mikazuki may not be very good at it yet. He seems to be a good kid, but he's also missing something, similar to the way Atsushi is. No, maybe everyone is the same that way, missing a certain something that they always have to keep looking for...

"It's never possible to experience the same as everyone else in the world, and even talking about ourselves with others, when we manage to, comes with limitations... Reading about other people is different. Even if sometimes they're just made-up people, it gives you some kind of connection. It lets you understand other people, if only a little."

He glances over at his stack of books. Admittedly, the ones he took out this time aren't really the sort he's talking about... but then, even learning about nature makes you connect more, doesn't it?

"Maybe it's naive, but... I think if everybody tried to understand each other a bit better, there would be a lot less suffering in the world."