No exchange in ownership, it's just the friendship thing :|b And he can understand Allen leaving hurting, because...well, it hurt him too. If he had just wandered off to get away that's a different story, but he's just...gone. And if Kanda can manage to put on a brave face for the remaining three? There's something left to keep going on for. It's possible, Lavi. Try harder, goddammit.

The Almas weren't really his either, but over time...bitty came to be. Allen was his. Lenalee was his. Lavi is his. Cross was...

Cross was special. We'll just leave it at that.

Kanda does fall silent, just watching nothing out the window until Lavi starts pooring the drinks, and then he's turning over to watch. So it was six, was it? Kanda....didn't bother to keep count. It would hurt more than he wanted it to, but of course Lavi knew. He was...Lavi.

Perhaps one day they will be needed again. Kanda just can't wait forever for that day anymore, even if part of him...kind of wants to. To fight for his friends at Home, not for the Order and because he was Told To, even if that's the reason he fell back on countless times before when questioned.

"Don't say you want to go home, Lavi. That's no better than giving up." Does he have to hit you upside the head for that?