"I guess so. I'm... not sure how it would work for me, considering the circumstances... I guess if I did die somehow she could renew the contract." He knows Soldat isn't going to be happy about that, but...

"I'm... just glad you're back here. It's..." Ugh, talking's already hard, putting emotions to words is way harder. "... I don't want to lose you." 'You deserve better' is what he wants to say, but he absolutely knows that'll get into an almost-argument about how Otoha supposedly deserves better, too.