...Yeah, you're right.

[But it might hurt to get attached to the Palai and then have to leave. Either way, he loses...at least, that's how Robin sees it.]

I've babysat before...there were those brats in the village, and I keep some of the problem kids at Chaldea distractes when they need to be, but that's totally different. I don't...have much to go on, either.

[He sighs, suddenly frustrated with himself.]

I don't even know why I'm telling you this. You can't possibly have any advice.

[Maybe that's exactly why he's telling her. Because he knows she can empathize.]