[Something is weighing on his mind then. Concerning himself, perhaps? It's hard to guess others motivations about anything. Well--easy to guess, difficult to be certain. But she can't help but wonder who his concern is directed toward. Has someone captured his heart? Unless it is Nami (or Vivi, she ammends) they are certainly not good enough for him.

But if it is the case, then that presents a problem. He cares for people differently than she does. Deeper. Or--no perhaps closer. Harder for him to let go? She's not sure the definition but in either case, she thinks about her answer carefully]

It is what it is. Hard and helpless. At any moment Marcchan could be taken or changed or sent home. But it isn't so different back home, ne? The world tears us apart [though Kuma seems so long ago and almost immaterial now] sometimes we come back together and sometimes we can't.

But I suppose that's why we live as happy as we can together in the interim.