"Hikaru..." How is he to explain that it is just that they -- the Kings, the three blades, based solely on what he has heard -- are worried, without you taking it the wrong way. He has tried to counter-balance the scrutiny in his own way, has he not kept his distance to give you room to breathe?

"Brother, we are not your enemies. We are your family. And perhaps, sometimes, family gets a little," how to put it, really. "We worry. It is as simple as that."

Because of the 28th life. Because none of them know what this means. Because the Darkest Vigil was hard on everyone and it's been a mere three years into peacetime that it feels like things could shatter at any moment.

"I do not think that any of us wish to lose you again." A sigh at the end of that as he sinks back into his chair.