[...]

[It feels so weird having people worry about him this much. He has friends, but Maia's really the only v1 out there that cares this much about him. But here? Aoi, probably. Alastor. Akane. ...Val.]

[Hermes has no idea how to respond. and scratches at the ground awkwardly.]

I... um. Okay... Just... please don't go around telling everyone I have any disease of some sort. Just say it's my title making me do that...

[Hermes isn't looking Akane when he says that.]