[He watches the other young man process all of this and then returns his awkward smile with a more dismissive one.]

Of course that's a good idea.

[But.]

I just don't see your shinki anywhere, so that makes you available to get these children away from the ayakashi for the people who can fight against it right now.

[So he picks up another child and starts jogging away, expecting that to be all he needs to say.]