[Oh, lovely. He was hoping to avoid letting Gil see Kariya at all, but it seems that was impossible. Tokiomi freezes, regaining all the tension the had just started to come out of his shoulders at his friend's parting.

He gets it, of course. There's a part of him that wanted to scream or run or lash out the entire afternoon. He had to cover for his own reflexive recoils when Kariya reached in his direction more than once. But he's hating his own lack of self-control for that. It's not Kariya's fault -- not this one, anyway. Tragedy hasn't ruined the trio's friendship this time, and he's not about to let a past one ruin it now.]

They were friends from home, Gilgamesh. It's nothing to worry about.