"Hm." He touched his spoon to the flesh of the grapefruit while offering a gentle smile at Kagura. "I happened to be one of the luckier souls. Managed to morning without a mar."

There was a pause at the inadvertent alliteration before the man shrugged. "Do not worry about sharing your troubles with me," he assured. "I only wish there was more I could have done. It was terrible...that incident."