[Souji stumbles a bit when Ian stops, having expected he could just keep walking with the other behind him, but apparently that wasn't going to happen. He sighs heavily, holding Ian's wrist tighter without turning to look back at him. It certainly wasn't that his standards were low, but he couldn't talk about anything else relating to that topic.
Souji's not even going to argue right now.]
I'm not going to go easy on you, but... trust me.
[He tugs to see if they can continue walking yet.]