The words seemed to sink in more when Kou leaned back in his chair. He hadn't thought that the two of them would have something in common that they treated so differently. The end goal was the same, but getting there wasn't.
"It sounds like you're not sure you want to go," he said in a slow, thoughtful manner, and the thought of telling her to disobey her parents was a sour one. "If it's a problem, there's lots of things you can do about it. It's not as hard as it seems."