I'm sorry, Kanji. But I know you're a skilled leader in your own right, and your comrades from home are here to help you. Even if it collapses into fighting, perhaps especially if it does, I trust that you will overcome all obstacles and succeed in your aims.

[After a pause, softer.] Keep watch over Gale for me? I don't know how to do so myself without raising suspicion.

[That... might be another reason leaving has appeal. It's hard to be near Gale but not able to be with Gale.]

I will be, regardless.