"Um..." Crap! He gaped at the thought of how things could go wrong from here. Every time he came out about either being a shinigami or being with the Ministry of Hades someone usually died, a very not nice death, and he was trying to avoid doing that at all costs ever again. Still, if he continued to make this panicked face up at the guy, it might be obvious that he was hiding something. Dodge, Asato! Dodge the Ministry topic, man!

"You mean stuck in the World of the Living... or here-here?" He even added the pointed fingers at the bath water for added awkwardness...