"Mm, something like that," he said, and then laughed. "Yeah, there's a lot of stuff people say that I can't imagine spilling so carelessly, but I guess there's no accounting for inhibition."

He has to chuckle at Seiya's inquiry then.

"I guess I never really thought of it that way," he admitted. "I'm not really a hero type, you might say, so... It's less that I feel needed and more that it's just kind of something that works out well for both parties." He shrugs. "I get away from home for a while, they get somebody who happens to be good at combat. Symbiosis, you know?"