Devero slides off the couch and into Koumyou's arms, gripping either side of the bamboo breastplate and hiding his face against Koumyou's shoulder-- and the sutra.

"We're family," he repeats, and sinks into Koumyou's embrace.

"I just... I don't want to disrupt things here more than all of this already has," he says softly. "I don't want to cause any trouble."