"...I'm not sure." He lowered his eyes., the blank expression giving way to sad thoughtfulness.

"If this is just...to burn time, then why should anything matter? We have some similarities but that's all they are. There are others you have similarities with. Who offer more than I do." He lets Manaka stay and they spend time in each other's company. But he doesn't give the way others do. He doesn't laugh and talk and play the way he knows others do. He doesn't give her money or gifts or trips to places. And if this was a matter of convenience...well, he wasn't giving much that could be found elsewhere. Once there was someone else who could relate to her as he had, and give her more...then it would be done.