He sees that falling expression and worries, he has no idea what had happened in the time since he last saw Risai. He thinks he saw her in the courtyard but everything happened so fast. He doesn't know but Gyousou does not speak and he takes that that he shouldn't ask.

He is lost in thought but soon focuses as Gyousou continues, he blinks first in confusion. Because why would Lord Gyousou buy a creature he did not have time to look after. But then it dawns on him and his expression turned to one of awe.

He has no words, he just looks down at the tiny creature and back at Gyousou in complete gratitude. He doesn't deserve this. He deserves nothing from Gyousou, after all he had been a complete failure of a kirin. Not one thing he has tried to do to help Gyousou has succeeded, he couldn't even die correctly and now they are stuck on this train far far away from Tai. Yet he still had thought...

He won't cry. But his shoulders tremble as he strokes the small jerboa softly. He doesn't deserve such kindness but Lord Gyousou has always been far too kind to him, even when he had been a child who knew nothing, who had to be taught things that most kirin could do just naturally he had never judged and now, though Taiki was all but useless to him he still did things such as this.

"Thank you, my lord." It's not much than a whisper, his voice choaked.