He reclined patiently enough, letting her get the words out. As with most things in this godforsaken place, Aidou had learned that rushing them would only make things worse. Seemed like it was personal. As a matter of fact, the last time he'd received a confession of personal history from a human girl, it'd been from Yuki, and right before he'd tried to kill her...

Hm.

"I don't believe it's fine, but if you say so," he allowed. If she wanted to believe in her 'toughness', then whatever. He wasn't going to start arguing with her over whether she was all right or not. "But what you're saying is that you've had a similar experience, is that it?"

Even if he was in a physically vulnerable position, he didn't see the point in avoiding the issue.