Yeah, I was going to say. Getting a sister is not a choice you yourself make. You can't just go get one. Maids are nice but pretty expensive I prefer my free sister one.

See. You said it like that so now I think you do have a hundred porcelain figures.

[He has some precious figures too. (Only two!) But his are a little easier to replace if his sister decides to knock one over.]

Consider it dropped.

I wish it wasn't such a romanticized thing. That's not a favorite trope of mine. You do it cause you want to save that person. And I think there's a thought that maybe you won't die if you take the hit but if they do, they will. And, even if you know you won't make it if you take the hit... there's something human in you that has to save that other person. Sure you could love them but that's not the driving force. You just want them to live.

And there is nothing super romanic about you being dead and that other person having to live with it. It's super shitty and not great.

[His friend already has some severe abandonment issues. If he dies on that boat it'd mess that kid up forever. But he wasn't going to let Fumi die for his choices either... it's such a hard split second choice but he's not going to stand idly by and let a friend die. There's not a bone in his body that would allow him to do that.]

I hear what you're saying. I suppose in your line of work your whole squad must feel like that.