Kell frowns faintly. "I don't enjoy lecturing." It's not his fault that everyone he knows insists on being as nonsensical as possible.

He gathers his arms back to himself, folding them in his lap with his hands tucked into the edges of his sleeves. "I liked the thought that you were out there, free to sail where you pleased." The thought might not have been half as comforting had he known it was with Alucard Emery. "I've come to understand why you wanted that life for yourself."