[He isn't the type to be obedient, ever the rebel, but it's different when it comes to those he loves, the ones he respects. He also likes to care for people, protect them. He feels he has failed Saya there, more than once already. ]

I'm apologizing because I should've found you sooner.

[It's that simple to him. It's his fault if he didn't get there in time. Maybe she wouldn't already be this hungry if he had found her earlier.]

Why...why do you want to tell me to go away? [A little more firmly.] I'm not gonna. You know that, right?