Momoko was going to have to think about that. "I don't know how I can do that, but I'm going to try. I want to try anything that can help make 'us' work."

She reached for another dish to dry. "You do know that the only reason I ask you to you run away when something attacks is because I know you'll come running back when you can, right? I mean, it's to keep you safe, sure, but it's not because I think you're a weak link or not important or anything. If you were, I'd totally make sure you weren't there in the first place." Or fly him out.