Eh, it's not like I can really hide it. Just being upfront about it is for the best in these circumstances.

[That way his running away will be the norm and any deviations from it are going to be him being brave, rather than the other way around.]

Five years? That a lot! [He makes an impressed noise, laughter peeling from his lips. The servant part is as bit .... though.] I only know Yuma since a couple of weeks and it feels like two lifetimes already. Five years - you must be like family!