Surprise, getting thanked for so little still felt really awkward. Kai tried to deflect the feeling by propping himself up on his elbow and resting his cheek on his fist. Let's point out the obvious instead. "Yeah, you did."

It had been. Extremely obvious.

That did bring Kai to the similar question of what next though. There wasn't any reason to like, babysit Shinji or anything, but if trying his best only got him this far... Kai stared down at the sheets as if they held answers. They sort of did this time.

"If things get rough, you can drop by."