[ Argenti smiles a little at that. Yeah...he hopes so. ]

Perhaps a normal amount. I would not want to make them be so sad by my absence, even so.

[ But, he supposes it may be normal, no? He certainly can't control their emotions...part of how people experience their own feelings individually is also something beautiful. Though, he pauses at the question, as if searching for it within himself.

Next, he simply offers her another smile in turn. ]

I am accustomed to a solitary journey. The fact that I must take it by myself at times does not bother me.