"Ahh-" He sighs, a deep exhale, brushing up his arm against Taiki's. "It's alright. I grew up okay, didn't I? You haven't had it so easy either."

Worse than him, really, but he wasn't about to forget about Taiki's own troubles growing up. A family who feared him, knew he wasn't quite the same as them. A fact that shouldn't have mattered.