[ Part of who they are... yeah, he knows. He nods at that - just the way she refers to other people breathes that, as does whatever he can recall of that brother of hers. Which isn't much, admittedly, but he sort of recalls there being one. He drums his fingers on the table, and he tries to figure out how he says the next thing he wanted to say. Man this is a weird conversation. He's not handling this well, he knows he's not. ]

'Xactly. You're stuck here, just like the rest of us! With the Malnosso and the war and all that other stuff. [ Unless... she remembers things weird now, and they were going to prevent the war, right? What if she doesn't remember it- Either way, he raises hos head now, to try to keep eye contact - ] 'N I know you're a ninja, so you've got stuff you've got to do back home. And I'm an exorcist, so I've got stuff I need to do back home. I can't... I mean. I'm not gonna hesitate if there's a way to get back there... 'Cus I gotta help my brother, and my classmates. And all those other people, you know? So...

So there's that. [ ... Is that clear? He doesn't know if that's clear. Um - ] I guess. I never figured it would be like - right to accept someone's feelings here if I didn't know I was gonna stick with them no matter what. You know?