[Taiki will be surprised and blink a bit, but then he smiles.]

So you're one of the ghosts as well, but not from our group... It's nice to meet you, Himeko!

[The fact that she's an AI immediately sparks his interest, but he's pretty sure the chances of her knowing anything about the Digital World are still pretty low, so he lets it be. At this point he's come to terms with that ship having sailed, so to speak.]

If you don't mind my asking, are you bound to that laptop, or are you just using it to communicate with us?