He nodded, accepting her touch. But he lifted it to pet Armilla, leaning into her. The Honchkrow spread her wing in a hug around his head.

"Thank you." He repeated, whether to Cissnei or Armilla, it didn't matter. There's a pause before he seemed to have recovered back to the present. "...If the Shinra Corporation ever come here. You can contact me."

He didn't want to kill for the Order, or under Valtiels influence. But he would kill for his Pokemon, if someone tried to steal them. And if someone came for Cissnei...he would bloody his hands for her as well.