[Well, now that's a surprise. Admittedly, Tenka knows that there's a lot of complicated feelings going on with Soramaru, particularly with how he wants to get stronger - so much so that he'll run off to Sousei to make it happen. But acknowledgement? He never thought that was in question.]

I love Soramaru.

[Fact.]

He's gonna surpass me one of these days - I've told him so.

But I still think he's trying too hard to be strong, though. He needs to be a kid sometimes - crying and asking for help and everything that comes with it.