It's... I wanted to... offer my protection. More formally. Since we're related, if only distantly, I can... help you, if we're together. There's a couple of ways... and I've heard of some way that the protection goes the other way. Something about helping us to hide? But I don't really know.

He looks over at Ryoji, almost cautiously. He'd ask Kitty, but he doesn't know if she can really understand the gravity of everything in the same way. Ryoji... at least seems to have an idea. And in some ways, he's a lifeline, a connection to human things that aren't down in the dirt and grime and simple fight to live.