[He looks down at the man in his arms and while he's very tense for a few moments he takes a breath in and out, buries whatever it is and sets Elidibus down with utmost gentleness on the bed, brushing his hair back from his forehead and cupping his cheeks in his hands.]

My apologies for speaking harshly. Your words frightened me. Our path ahead is so tenuous, our hope but a thread, the thought of taking on too much and risking it... It leaves me shaking.

But I do not want to deny your thoughts or desires. Even if they cannot be seen through, I will endeavor to hear you out without such a kneejerk reaction in the future.