Artemis looked slightly repulsed at the idea of Haku constantly seeing something that caused him emotional trauma. Of course, in this situation, he couldn't do anything except let Haku recover in the best way he knew how. If that meant that Artemis had to sit there and watch... then he would have to sit there and watch. It was as simple as that.

"I-I don't think you're a coward," Artemis stammered, trying to get his point across through the fresh wave of affection. He had been right--it was rather nice. "It's natural to... to withdraw from what will hurt you. It's a human reaction. Of course you've been instructed to perform tasks outside the range of 'normal', but..." He was rambling now. His face was red and he was rambling. Blast his hormones. Blast them.