Kaji stops, he looks Zelda deep in the eyes, and is trying to hear what she is saying. It was Ib, his heart still hurts when he sees the image of her digging in the dirt, searching for something that she can never find.

"They should be able to grow into the future. I don't want it placed in her hands too early." But some of the fight is gone out of his voice.

Kaji very slowly opens up the tin, and he pulls the still-wrapped crystal out of the tin, holds it in his hand without touching it. "I don't trust...everyone in this room to hold Ib's safety as their highest priority." That's reasonable, at least, right? Wouldn't just hand this thing over to anyone.