[a little. disgruntled. at being called obvious. he has an excellent poker face, tyvm. but also like... not wrong.]

... mm, the Noah thing is part of it.

[and he kind of. tries to steel himself because he hasn't really talked to someone fully about the situation--even with Akira, he left the Noah thing completely off the explanation.]

It's just... I don't want to hurt anyone. But that's impossible because... one way or another... this place is temporary. And I'm not meant to live for very long.