He gave a slight shrug of his shoulders as she spoke. His eyes did trail over her, noticing the oddity of the freckles, and filing that bit away for later. He was also coming to the conclusion that she was injured; if their was any obvious display, he'd have picked it up by now, but even then, their were subtler things one could pick up on in the way one moved and reacted.<br/><br/>"Personally, I don't care that he came swinging at me. I'm used to it." He was being entirely honest and forthright with her here. "But I can understand wanting to stop him before he goes hurting someone else." He eyed the hand on his shoulder with just the<em>slightest</em>bit of confusion. Why was it there? He wasn't sure. Then again, he's generally not sure of a lot of things when it comes to interacting with other people. which is why, despite all appearances to the contrary, he really doesn't interact with that many people.<br/><br/>"If he comes at me again, I'll just do what I always do. Let him burn himself out." He is quiet, and for a moment, his stony facade breaks to show a bit of worry. "Are you alright, Kari-chan?"