[Yes for once, that was completely nothing of his doing. He hadn't asked for Moral or Art to do what they'd done, and (to his knowledge) had done nothing to provoke it. Of course, he'd made Art mad at some point, but...mad enough to do this to him?

He's kind of glad that even though there'd been pitiful looks cast his way, it'd been put at a minimal and the amount of attempts at comfort had been too. He didn't really know what he'd do with that sort of treatment, especially coming from someone who usually was able to just pick up and keep going. Except now, these circumstances had come that far out of left field that he's dwelling on them way more than he should.]

Probably. [Him? Dying? That wasn't something that he'd thought a whole lot about in the past, but that is something he's dealing with as well. Though he gets himself into some dumb situations, death wasn't typically at the forefront of his mind. His trust in himself, in his Minimum, and Murasaki negated any fear he had of dying.

Is that what it felt when people said their lives flashed before their eyes? Because in those agonizing seconds it took for Murasaki to come for him, he felt like that happened.] The day I call your dependability into question is the day I look for a new partner.

[translation: I know.]

Just be glad you're not stuck in here.