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"Ah, you don't know that," Ronin says, able to laugh off the cracking glass more easily than the emotions that prompted it in the first place. And he proves he's human, at least, wincing as she takes hold of his hand and starts to removes the shards from it, and it turns into a full blown pout as her just water turns out to sting a bit more than he had anticipated. "Ow," he complains, before his gaze softens a bit. "I mean, of course I would do that for you. We're in this together, right?" Whatever 'this' is. At the moment, at least, it's chatting about Safrin, and Ronin manages a wobbly smile that says eeeeeh sort of without really saying anything at all. "She didn't exactly ask me about Seren," he murmurs, "and I love her to pieces, of course I do. But would I have chosen her? I can't really say." He shrugs. And if the conversation has turned dark already, it doesn't get much better as Aurelia continues, and Ronin tilts his head at her. "You could," he offers softly. Because it's true - she could kill Hotaru and her baby. "So could I. But neither of us are going to, are we?" taliesin a long and lonesome road