"He's not a brat." Well, he is. Even Kido can admit that the kid's not just fussy. He's a total brat even at his best. And she's seen that best a couple times in the past few weeks.

She loosens with a sigh and looks out over the city instead of at her. "He'll be okay. We're taking care of him." As best as they can, anyway. Trying to keep his spirits up, keeping him away from Jin. That kind of thing.