[he almost wants to laugh. for all that futaba can be bad at dealing with other people, she seems to see clearly how important magilou's presence is for him right now.

though honestly, futaba's is helping too. he leans a bit against futaba in turn, keeping his hand atop her head and. maybe giving magilou just a little bit of room here.]

I'm glad you weren't there. I'm glad you didn't have to see the things I saw, or... the terrible things I did. Or anything related to it.

[and boy, did a lot happen, which is obviously the implication here.]

If it meant keeping you and the others as safe as I could manage, I had to. Even though...

[it caused him a lot of pain.]

I hurt a lot of people along the way. [your big bro is a moron, futaba.]