He just doesn't want to worry Alma unneedlessly. He's a child, he should have a childhood that the Order never gave him. But Kanda's not sure how to keep his own mask up either. Dealing with loss of this magnitute is definitely...new. Even when Daisya was killed in Barcelona, he had no time to properly grieve. It was shove your feelings down and continue searching for Tiedoll. Hell, now that he thinks about it he probably never properly mourned one of his very few friends that he had in the Order. This will definitely be...fun to try and deal with, especially with Alma around.

That's what Kanda's looking forward to. Pretty much all he has to look forward to.

Definitely a good thing. Hell, something would have been wrong if Allen and Kanda hadn't gotten closer during their year together here, even though they still argued and fought. And Kanda's fine with a chattery Lavi. It's like listening to Alma go on and on about the books he read and the things he discovered and experienced that day, especially before everything went to hell in the sixth lab where they were at.

Just another weak tug of his lips, "Yeah. The little one wouldn't want to disappoint. The older...well, there might be a little competitiveness there, most likely."