The hypocrisy of her statement wasn't lost on him, but Yukio was polite enough not to mention it.

"I'm not afraid." Yes he was. He rubbed at the back of his neck, smiling in a self-depreciating sort of way. There was a sad edge to it, though. "To be honest, I don't know if now is the best time..."

It was difficult enough to consider something like this normally, let alone with the disappearance of his father still hanging over his head.