Not immediately knowing how to reply to that, Kuzuryuu was quiet. It wasn't as though he could be pissed at Ema for answering. If he didn't want to hear it, it was his fault for asking.

"I guess you're not wrong about that," he said. Even if he was having trouble figuring how how to approach it in a different manner, he got what she was saying. "Anyway," he continued, changing the subject, "I think I'm gonna cut my losses here and find somewhere more defensible, then."