[The chef mutters an affirmative, though he avoids looking at Kotetsu while doing so. He had, by pure accident, and the grizzly scene will take weeks to erase from his memory if that's even possible. And while Kotetsu might hate himself for not stopping the chain of events... Sanji? He just wishes he'd arrived sooner. Even if he couldn't have spared Barnaby from his fate, at least this guy next to him wouldn't be so...
He sighs, head tilting back a little, and catches sight of Kotetsu's shiver. Immediately the air around them warms - while they're certainly huddled under a tree in a rain storm, they're also in Eferin's domain, and the last thing Sanji will allow is Kotetsu catching a cold on top of everything else.]
... We almost lost you. [His voice is soft and direct]
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He sighs, head tilting back a little, and catches sight of Kotetsu's shiver. Immediately the air around them warms - while they're certainly huddled under a tree in a rain storm, they're also in Eferin's domain, and the last thing Sanji will allow is Kotetsu catching a cold on top of everything else.]
... We almost lost you. [His voice is soft and direct]