[He wheezes softly, because she's the second one to refuse to allow him to return kindness in favor of him staying out of trouble, or keeping Akira out of it, and he can't pretend he isn't shaking slightly when he sets the box down on one of the booth's tables. He can't decide if he wants to open it.]
I appreciate it, Sae-san. [He's still staring at the box, hands still on the handles of it, but he winds up releasing it in favor of turning to the bar, to face them both. He didn't own much-- that she had a box and a bag confirmed enough to him that she had likely saved nearly everything that mattered, and he can't quite figure out how that makes him feel.] I hope it wasn't too much trouble to bring it all this way.
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I appreciate it, Sae-san. [He's still staring at the box, hands still on the handles of it, but he winds up releasing it in favor of turning to the bar, to face them both. He didn't own much-- that she had a box and a bag confirmed enough to him that she had likely saved nearly everything that mattered, and he can't quite figure out how that makes him feel.] I hope it wasn't too much trouble to bring it all this way.