Briefly, there is an urge to defend his mother. Not one born of great affection for her, but because he feels that he should as her son. In the face of Sadie's anger however, Benjiro merely offers a flimsy justification, "...it was complicated."

When Sadie turns into him, he finally looks back to her with a lingering redness at his cheeks, and his arms reach to wrap around her in a hug meant to comfort them both. Leaning his head over to rest his chin on her hair, he smiles faintly at the comment about his sister, and agrees, "Wasn't she? People we met loved fawning over her."