Kosuke apologised for sneaking up on the Ranger and frowned slightly at his explanation.<span style="font-style: italic">Why is he lying to me?</span>The boy thought. While the boy himself was honest and always felt compelled to trust in a person and believe what they told him, he could always tell when he was being lied to.<br/><br/>He didn't say anything yet, simply followed the Ranger and pondered why he was lying. Whatever was wrong, did he want to take care of it on his own? The boy didn't know how dangerous it could be, whether it was a simple task or a life threatening catastrophe. He couldn't very well let the Ranger go alone if it was dangerous.<br/><br/>A thought occured to the boy. Perhaps the Ranger was hiding it from them<span style="font-style: italic">because</span>it was dangerous. He was trying to protect them. In that case it would have to be something truly awful if he didn't think any of his men could take it on.<br/><br/>The boy took a breath. He felt he understood things a little better now and chose this moment to speak. "If it's so bad you have to protect your men from it," the boy said, "then can you really expect to take on whatever it is you're facing alone? I don't fight so I could just stay on the sidelines and be relatively safe, but at least if I came along I could help you if you got injured." The boy looked supprised at himself. He'd said "come along" as if he subconsciously knew the Ranger would be leaving. But the thought hadn't really occured to him before it left his mouth. Still though, he was sincere in his words. He wanted to help the Ranger, he was compelled to help him.