[ Ah... He senses the confusion and concern, and it has his brow tensing. He's that obvious, huh...?

He's not surprised. He's never had to put this much effort into playing the role of "fine" before. ]

... I trust you - all of you. And I know I agreed...

[ ... but...

Tensely, he's just going to take a sip of his tea, his gaze averted. After that, he releases a sigh. ]

When you guys got back, I told Kurama there was no way I was letting you guys in there. And that was after I nearly attacked Masayoshi. Akira had to... stop me. At the time, all I could think was it's better that I'm alone. I know I'm just going to wind up hurting one of you, again--

[ ... Ah. Morgana doesn't... know...

He actually winces a little. ]