[It wasn't an answer, and while it was something he needed to hear it did little to assuage his anger and upset. His hands tightened beneath hers, tears pricking the corners of his eyes as he snarled again.]

You could have been killed! Just because others came back from the dead doesn't mean you would have! What if those things never let you go at all? Goddamn it, Kaoru, I can't lose you, too!