"Yeah, we're good. Don't even worry about it." Aoi hadn't slept in the labs at Aqures Ixen yet, but he'd bunked in his puzzle workshop back home. As long as Akane was safe and stab-free, life was fine.

"An' you know you don't gotta say thanks..." No matter what they'd learned and accepted about themselves, Aoi was never going to ask for thanks for taking care of his baby sister.