You're the sturdiest of anyone here, but sturdy people still die. And it was my fault that you guys died the first time around, too. I gave Vash the El shard and it made him go insane.

[Yeah, he's still guilty over that, too, pangs of it reaching out into their mutual shared emotions as he sighs and scrubs at his eyes. Ugh...]

...yeah, I know, [the second question is answered almost hesitantly.] For all your being big and scary and telling people you're really only here for Liv, I do know how protective you get.