Sojiro staggers back, coughing and hacking for a second. When he looks up, he's suprised to see another person he recognizes. This is one of the kids' new friends, right? What was her name again?

"Oh, ah, Haru-chan, right? Let's go. Not sure what her problem is" he mutters that last part, not really processing that whatever just knocked the woman back was an attack, much less from this highschooler.

He walks briskly, puttting a protective arm around her shoulders. "That's a really incredible cosplay, by the way."