[If he wasn't so exhausted and relieved, he isn't sure if he'd take offense at that or not. He knew the man didn't mean it patronizingly, of course, but he was stressed to a ridiculous degree and working on far too little sleep. Taking something the wrong way would be so easy.

Of course he had been strong and carried on. It's not like he was someone who would give up so easily. He had a will that wouldn't be extinguished in its own rite.

And he hadn't been working alone all this time. There were various forces at work in Somarium, he was just trying to do his best to add to their efforts.

But he was exhausted and far too happy to hear Byakuran's voice and have the reassurances, so he took the comments as they were intended and nodded quietly.

It probably helped that the hand on his back felt really really good too.]

I'm still worried about you, you know. You were asleep so long, you must be aching and starving.