[Clearly Peko needs Kuzuryuu to come sweep her off her feet a la a white horse...

But anyway.

Sousei inspects the tea in the box idly, and takes one of the bags of green tea from it through a mixture of politeness and general willingness. He never minds having a proper sit down like this; it's too few and far between for him, as far as things that remind him from home are concerned.

But the subject matter is...still difficult.]

I'm afraid I'm not aware of enough to form a pattern either. As people disappear without warning, I am not sure that there is a good way to keep track enough to find a pattern, if one does exist.

[There are too many questions, not enough answers.

After a moment, he shakes his head. That's not what's important anyway.]

...Regardless, I have also come to tell you that-- [These sorts of things...don't come easily to him, but nonetheless, Tenka's role is now left to him, and he does intend to complete it to the best of his ability.] --Tenka opened the doors of our home to you, and that remains the case regardless of his presence.

[Or lack thereof. But...Sousei can worry about Peko too, so he wants her to know that she still has a place there too.]