[It seems like Hayame is the worst person to ask such a thing, but there is one variable he counts on more than others: the idea she will keep her end of the bargain regardless. The integrity means more to him than anything else.

And it's also not a refusal, or something that feels lackluster.]

It's alright. You can tell me if you happen to learn anything.

[He knows she doesn't want to hear it isn't something she has to put time and effort into, so he won't tell her as much. It's just better for him to have a few eyes (stop) and ears listening out while he searches himself.]

The bite of a vampire from the Frontier can be dangerous. [There isn't any point in running around and biting people, he'd like to say... and yet... Kenos is happening more and more, and here he is biting people.] There isn't any point in bloodletting.

Keep your strength.