"I know... just..." He trailed off, still staring in the direction Flonne had taken off in, not able to put to words why he didn't like her going off like this.

"Let's get out of here," he said, changing the subject suddenly. They were in a collapsing building, after all. It was long since time they got out of it. "Can you still stand?" he asked her, trying to figure out how to do this. It would be easy enough to pick her up and hop out the building, but... that just seemed weird. On the other hand, it looked like she could barely stand.