[Lord fucking help them both. Ichimatsu's left eye twitches and he leans back on his pelvis, picking up one leg and-- squarely putting his foot between Karamatsu's eyes, pushing him away.]

It reads like I'm protecting you, sure. I'm trying to keep your dumb ass from getting killed, yeah. I'll grant you that. I'm not doing it to be kind and I'm not doing it strictly to protect you. If the others showed up and I'd let you die not only would they be mad because family or some bullshit, but they'd never let me live it down that I let somebody else kill you.