[He gives a shrug, eyes softening, gaze warm when he offers her a more softer toned smile.]

Not if you treat them like a warm blanket. When I found out my old man had died and that if we didn't defeat Byakuran there was no way to change the future and stop it, I realized that even if he was gone I had to do what I could to be a good son and be happy, because that's what he'd want. I think the older me must have felt the same way. So I just wrapped myself in the memories I had with him and kept trying to smile no matter how much it hurt.