"Tanaki soba and anago sushi, thanks," Kiryu said, handing his menu back to the waiter. His tone was fairly absent, though; he was paying far more attention to Saitou.

He wondered if Saitou knew how obvious he was being about whatever was bothering him. He seemed to, since he'd completely ignored Richard's question, but he also didn't seem like the type of person who kept being obvious after he knew he was. He wasn't the type to want help, and that would be begging for it.

Kiryu waited until Richard had gone to help the two kids and make up their orders. Then he leaned forward, hoping the expression on his face had come out as concern and not something else.

"You're not hiding it well. What's wrong?"