[He can hear the softness, and in moments like these he can almost understand why Kaori is so drawn to Freyjadour, as much as he hates it.] I don't know... [yes] I...think I do.

...When we were in her world she told me she thinks of me like a son, but she already has a son. [And he has Martel. She raised him. But...he's never thought of her as anything but his sister, never having had any positive connotations to go with the word 'mother'. Sayo, though...]