She was snapping at him, or so her tone sounded as such. But still, the knight made no comment to correct her because she was right. To add to that, he had no fight in him, especially right now. He didn't think Eleven couldn't handle himself, but his sworn oath and duty was to protect the Luminary, everyone and everything else be damned. King Carnelian himself had helped Hendrik come to that conclusion, to step aside from being the General of Heliodor and to go off to assist the boy to save their world.

Yotsuyu was surprisingly strong to push him as she did and he nearly dropped the pendant in his hand as he moved at her shoving him. But then she moved around him and as the knight looked almost helplessly into her eyes, he just listened. Again she was correct and he was mentally agreeing with what was being said, but he just couldn't speak.

When her arms blessedly came around him, Hendrik thought about what was said and he held onto the pendant as he did so. Yotsuyu was his only comfort and anchor here without the Luminary and even as he fought not to break down, the choked sobs and tears came anyway. The tears were both for his loss of the boy and for not being there for her when she needed someone in her own life to be her champion.

His grip tightened when she ran her hands down his hair. There was just so very much gratitude that he had but couldn't express right now. And the knight didn't have a clue as to what he'd do without her.