[ Normally he's very quick to distance himself, to reject gestures like that, but now he just let her draw him closer. God, what was it even about her-- the way she wasn't like any of the people he knew in the village, none like those ignorance fools, nothing like the way Megumi whined and forced him into the role of ideal prince charming.. even nothing like Tohru, even though it was the one person he actually liked, and that way he was much, much too soft, too weak. ]

Make it worse? What are they going to try and do, kill me? [ The sound coming from his throat is almost amused, really. ] Go ahead, let them. I'd be surprised if they could kill someone who's already dead.

[ He gets a bit more serious - and definitely determined, too - again. ]

I can help. If it's anything supernatural causing it, I can fight. Much better than humans too, but-- [ ... ah, right.. his voice trails off, as if he's thinking of something - probably unpleasant, by the way he averts his gaze just a little. ]