It's that deliberate a choice, then. Ken grits his teeth, looks down. Thinks. He is in the way, isn't he? He can't convince someone who doesn't want, on some level, to be helped.

But that's also why this is so hard.

"Ken-chan...."

It's going to take Ken a while to sort through his feelings. He'll be easy to brush aside on the way to the window, if desired.