[ yea. don't forget that akihiko may or may not approve of ken's methods as well. sometime you just gotta...punch. ]

I think being out here counts as avoiding people. [ look. he smacked you once ayabe, he'll smack you again. or bite him...he has doggie teef now. ] ...and I don't think I need to tell you that it's less about that than it is about why you felt like you needed to be out here in the first place.

[ emotional health?? that's a thing?? not that ken is wise enough to understand what the fuck to do to make it better. ]

But I'm not going to drag you back if you don't want to come back.

[ thus why he's sitting on the ground right here staring at him fixing a stick that is perfectly fine, and all of the offers he made earlier. ]