[ He wouldn't have been able to stand the mood otherwise. Being hateful and angry and teasing with people is what he does, everything else is just way out of the comfort zone. But even so... He'd expected talking to Yuri to be even more nerve wrecking, but it turned out quite soothing. It wasn't that he could say the tension inside of him really faded, but he wasn't as pathetically afraid as before. ]

You know... you're doing this leader thing damn well.

[ And the friendship thing, too, but that's too much positivity - the world might implode. He's not even looking at her as he speaks either, but hey. ]

So you know you can rely on me, too. Next time... I'll be faster.

[ She'd called for him and he hadn't been there which is why they now share the same horrible memories. He'd thought he'd not let her down before, but that hadn't worked out so well. ]