He laughs. "I think he's tired enough of that during the day, he wouldn't want to do it at night too." He waggles his eyebrows. His relationship with Kurorin, as far as he recalls, was more restful than anything... A quiet respite for him during days when nothing was certain. And yet Kurorin always had that question in his eyes. He never shared anything with him. Not even the things he ought to have known. He sighs, quietly. He hopes that the same problem doesn't ever come up again...

He bites his lip. "Well, yeah, but I didn't want you to be surprised if I found another dude to pal around with sometime." He shrugs. "It could happen!"

He looks at her for a moment, quiet. Then he bends down just slightly to meet her eyes. He holds her shoulders, eyes serious and maybe just a touch desperate. "I just want you to try to stay safe. I can't stop you from running out there when there's a fight, obviously. I just want you to take me along, if you can. And stay alive, if you can't. Both of us are gonna live through this, this time."