"Oh no no no," he starts in a far more sincere tone than he's employed his visit thus far. "I wouldn't want to make a burden of myself."

It's the little things. The way his brow furrows right before his eyebrows raise up just so. It's in the way his posture shifts. That even though the bulk of his complexion and build come from his mother, there's something about Bumi that so very much like his father. Up to and including the lopsided grin he uses to punctuate his final thought.

"Well, not anymore than I already have."