"Exactly."

He pauses, realising how his tone is coming across. Ordinarily he'd lead someone's train of thought in whatever direction suited him. But there was something so straightforward and unpretentious about Kinner that made him think twice about it--as though turning this man's thoughts would have wider implications.

"Just... be careful," he finds himself saying. Then he puts everything together:

"You don't expect to come back, do you?"