[ It's the hallmark of all hard workers, the tendency to overwork to their own detriment. It's not like Ayabe's never heard the same, but there's something about practicing what you preach. ]

...it's fulfilling, in a way, isn't it? Looking after people and making sure they're safe. I'm no doctor, but I can understand that much, at least.

[ He doesn't have to be a doctor to be a natural caretaker- an overbearing one, at times, but somebody who works hard because he likes it, even if he's grumpy and snappy about it all the time. ]