[ He's crying again. He's that worried, is he? Xiao considers Haruka's request and hesitates once again. Like with Nona, he's afraid that he'll hurt Haruka, that being even this close to him is going to allow his Karma to get to him.

He may as well be upfront about that. ]

...I... It isn't that I don't want to. It's -- I have to be careful.

[ He closes his eyes. ]

My profile states that I have accumulated Karmic Debt. It's an energy that I don't want to spread to you, Haruka.

[ He exhales, though. He remembers how it felt to hold Nona's hand, to have something so raw and genuine. It's a feeling he hasn't experienced in some time, now, and while the wiser part of him is telling him to leave, the more selfish part of him is keeping him from doing so. ]

...You can do what you'd like with that knowledge. I don't want to hurt you, either way.