Oh boy, he was going to have to place his trust in the stranger. Akira was already a little worried, but that was... well. Alright, fine. But if he dies he's going to haunt the guy. If he doesn't die too.

Looking at that hand with some amount of surprise, it takes a moment for him to grasp it, giving him a very firm handshake, but only because he'd seen it done before. "Ah, I'm Akira, a pleasure to meet you." At last he seemed... nice? So he'd die in a hot air balloon with a nice person.

"Anything I should know about flying, you think?" He's never even been on a plane, but he was pretty excited despite singe nervousness.