[He probably has no room to talk when it comes to reacting to chilling news with as much apathy as possible--but perhaps because he knows exactly how that goes, he can't help but be concerned. A calm expression hardly means that it doesn't hurt, after all.

And he really wasn't expecting her to bring tea, of all things. He blinks at the thoughtfulness (even when she's this concerned about Elle?) and then accepts the tea with a nod.]

Thank you.

[As for her words... he muses over those for a moment as he takes a sip of that tea. He has half a dozen reasons to go this far.

One of those reasons is that...they are friends, and this is what friends do--right? Naturally, that's not what he says.]

These disappearances concern me as well. Though I believe at the moment that those who disappear are safe [or...at least are back home, or... something strange, he's not sure, but Soramaru--] this sort of treatment of the people here is unacceptable.

[to just drag people out here, and then have them disappear, just like that.... what's the point? What would he do, if Tenka was next? It was hard enough when it was Soramaru, and Sousei could at least have hopes of seeing him again when he found his way home.

But Milla....]

...Are you all right?