[Gongenzaka being the size of a corgi is never going to not be weird. Frankly, it's weirder than any pile up of changes the carnival has put him through. And he's pretty sure his shirt is getting wet, but that's fine.

Yuya chuckles.] Don't say that like you aren't. You're not just physically strong... you're strong in your mind and your heart, too. You're steadfast, right?

[It's something Yuya can't help but admire. Someday he wants to reach there. Maybe not to Gongenzaka's actual size, but to be a friend to reliable that he can hold them up.

Then again, Gongenzaka might be so strong that he really doesn't need that from Yuya. He's not the only one Yuya's getting stronger for, of course, it's just sometimes weird to try and comfort a friend who is coping with things like dying or losing his arm better than Yuya himself did.

Really, the only time he can think of that Gongenzaka needed Yuya's validation was when he admitted to have been hiding the severity of his carnival time. But of course something like that couldn't disappoint him.]

Thanks for believing in me.