[ He should feel badly, and he does— this is so much stress and worry for one person to bear in one day, and he wishes that things could have gone more smoothly.

But in all honesty, this wasn't so bad for him. It beats the orphanage, having his ribs broken with hard shoes and only a callous word in return: "this is nothing compared to what your own parents did to you before they abandoned you."

He might be carefree, yes— comparatively. ]

W-well, it would have been better if it didn't happen, but. As I said— it's better than what could have been. But I guess I was pretty useless, huh... I promise I'll treat you to something, once we get out of here...?