[I'm glad Chuuya knows when to recognize that Akira is being emotional]

I know.

[but still. . . he gives Chuuya a tight squeeze nevertheless]

Thanks.

. . . I'll be okay. I promised Dick, Yin Yu and Tsuru that I'd be back at the cabin by eleven.

[another squeeze]

But thank you for. . . being willing to protect my back.