[That's the thing, though. Not all hunters are necessarily ones who do field work, like Zero and his parents do. There's administrative tasks as well. And Ichiru was even too sickly to do that. Or so Zero thinks; he's harbored such a sense of guilt over having 'stolen' Ichiru's strength since they were incredibly young.
And yet he's able to answer her without a moment's hesitation.]
Yeah. Even despite it all. [He does briefly pause, now. With what he wants to say, it's always such a double-edged sword in ways.] The only thing I regret is having pushed you away.