[ Who the fuck is 'we.' Is this a magic thing, since he's pretty sure this isn't the first time she's gotten all uppity about magic or whatever. Or does she have a little posse of fellow weirdos who get all uptight about this kind of shit.

A very reasonable question, honestly! One he's not going to ask, because he's promptly distracted by that accusation Rin hurls his way. ]

H -- haa?! Don't go talking like you know me! Who said I need any attention?! [ He doesn't need to say it when it comes through so clearly in his attitude, huh. Fuuta, in denial, feels his face heat up in embarrassment, even as he snaps, ] And I'm not ... indebted to people!

[ He is, actually. An awareness of it has him shriveling back a touch before he regroups, trying to keep his words firm as he growls, ]

Besides -- you know it's kinda messed up thinking of everything like that, right? Everything being debts, or whatever. S'normal for people to help other people who need it. It's the right thing to do. And especially since you're, like ... a pretty girl. [ That's how it works, isn't it? Pretty girls like Rin should be swimming in no-strings-attached offers of help. ]