[That's surprisingly nice. And warm and solid, considering he's dead and all.

Suddenly two things hit Tokiomi at once:

1. He really likes Gil, like a person and not a familiar.

2. He is not, in fact, alone in this big scary world just because he doesn't have Kirei to tell him what's best. Because there is someone else here, and because that person makes him feel like he can handle it even if he did have to carry on by himself.

And so: see icon.]