[Even so, Momo doesn't want to let him off, and he looks like he might intend to follow if Sougo tries to ditch on him. He might have to do a bit more than back off to get Momo off his back.] Are you really going to risk that? Even if you're not worried for yourself, this is a small underground city. You don't know what you could do in a worst case scenario.

[He'd been talking to Lady Maria earlier about the kind of damage a well-placed explosion could do down here and how that probably had something to do with how protective they were about their Witches here, but he was absolutely not expecting it to be this immediately relevant.] Let me help you.

[There's a certain finality to his tone, like he's not going to be asking anymore if Sougo turns him down. He definitely wants to save Sougo any suffering that comes from reaching his limit, but this has also crossed the line to potentially endangering others and he is having none of that.]