[ he gauges takeru's reaction, the boy's frazzled anxiety evinced by beseeching hands with makoto's jacket clutched between them, and smiles in a very slight way, turning down the request. it's not so much a matter of warmth, per se, as assurance. lost all day in the jungle, fending himself with only a single friend in tow — it was too much to expect out a child, much less one left to his own devices for so long. ]

He plays music too, huh? He seems like a really talented guy. I'm sure things would be a lot better for you if he was here.

[ a moment. ]

I'm sure they're looking for us, even now. From what you've told me, your brother wouldn't give up looking for you for anything. One day, I'm sure he'll come here and rescue us! That'd be really amazing of him, right?