[Did he do that...? Maybe a little, Sousei can acknowledge that. But he simply tilts his head slightly, and offers--]

You were focusing on the wrong things.

[He doesn't care if it increases his own burdens or more on his shoulders. He's always been willing to do that.

He just wants to find a solution. Veracity is the law of the Yamainu, he told Tenka once, but also--]

So long as there is a hope, no matter how slim, we will pursue it, until we have successfully found a solution.

[But also, holding onto hope even when there doesn't seem to be much. That's...also a law of the Yamainu.]