This was bound to come sooner or later. Jade meets his gaze steadily, impassive. It's not often he has someone seriously confront him, and usually his approach is to concede ground - arguing is a waste of effort, and there's precious little he feels strongly enough about to fight for. This is obviously not an option here.

But he knows how to be diplomatic. Shinjirou had decided to stay; now it's simply a matter of convincing him he made the right choice. "Is something the matter?"