Tony breathed a laugh, which made him cough again of course. He kind of loved that answer, but there was a faint deprecating note too. That kind of response could mean all sorts of things. He normally was so confident but there was a small part of him that was just vulnerable enough to wonder..

And right in the nick of time, Kyoko continues before he could spiral and concoct what those reasons might be. Oh, right. She really did care, didn't she? He could laugh this off like he did so many other things. He knew she'd let him.

With a sigh, he decided to sit down and put his back against one of the kitchen counters. Turning his gaze to his beer and then the black rose petal, he confessed. "The fifteenth was my little girl's birthday. She'd just turned five. And.. I haven't been wanting to think about it since things have been going so well here lately and with Gladio."

He looked back at Kyoko. "And because.. I'm not going to see her get any older than when I was taken from my world. I'm about a half second away from dying but.. when I do, everyone else is saved so it's worth it. I hope. But to her.. I don't know."