[It is a great honor to be thwacked with such a fluffy, periwinkle tail, Akechi, excuse? Dylas is oblivious to the other's circumstances—he'd missed the bleeding out, and he's often fairly depressed himself. Alas, he's not the sharpest horse in the stable(???).]

Huh. So you're worried about what's troubling or not? [He comes to a stop and turns to look at Akechi which means that his tail is finally thwacking only the open air.] Being here like this puts us all back at square one, right? It's like a fresh start meets a kidnapping. But I've been through this before. The trick is not making it as hard as it has to be.