[ As he walks with her he's stiffening up a little at the mention of the United Earth. She's right, there's no telling what they'll do next. Considering the things they're capable of it's not unbelievable that at any moment this entire island could be wiped off the map.

He's not going to say that to Kaede though. ]

You're right about that. Hopefully we'll get some time to recover from everything that happened recently though. I can't think of anyone here that couldn't use some down time right about now.