[It's not like he thought this was going to be easy anyway, and if he were in Natsuno's shoes right now he has no idea what he'd be doing. So he can hardly blame him.

But those questions are...hard.

He slumps back against the side of the crow's nest, his eyes lowering.

When he speaks, the words come slowly and deliberately, like he's carefully thinking about what he wants to say.]

It's not about wanting to be with him, that's... I don't even know where his head is at right now, but whatever he's thinking or feeling has nothing to do with this. And it wouldn't change the way I feel about you.

[He draws in a long breath.]

....That being said, I don't know if it's...fair...to you. To stay together.