[Koizumi chuckles. She's awfully straightforward, isn't she? She's actually wrong about the "date" thing, though. He'd had maybe a year-long window when he was old enough to date before the Suzumiya incident happened and romance became out of the question.]

If that's the sort of punishment you're planning, maybe I can help out after all. I must admit that I thought you had something more sinister in mind.