Look, I'm not gonna say I was good at being head of security or anything back fresh out of high school, but—when I took that job, I sure didn't take it thinking I'd ever have to kill anyone on the job. And I never did. I don't think we're gonna have to worry about going that far here, Kyousuke . . . this place is a hell of a lot more peaceful than Hope's Peak was. And if it turns out it's rotten inside, we can deal with it.

But it's not. We're fine.

[That touch, just a fond gesture a moment ago, shifts into a more comforting petting of that wing, his fingers tangling gently against the feathers.]