[ Good. It'd bug him if she was sitting there pecking at her food like a bird. Fuuta wolfs down the rest of that chunk of meat, chasing it down with a few pickles. ]

... I can take care of younger people when I need to. [ He definitely needed a moment to come up with that retort, but his delivery's a little too staunch for it to be a complete bluff. ] It's an adult's responsibility to look after kids. That's got nothing to do with having younger siblings or not.