Lea nodded. "That's good," he said. "I mean, being nice about stuff like that is a good thing to get in the habit of anyway, but you're less likely to get stuck in an endless loop of apologies that way."

"And that's true. Somehow I don't think that's usually how Taiki means it, or if he even realizes how much he does it. It seems to be at least partly a reflex type thing."