[ Of course, she isn't wrong about him. Yuri's appearance is as much a tool to be used as any other part — perhaps more so, considering his past. He'd been viewed as a lovely ornament at best, and at worst...he doesn't much like to think about the worst. But it all impressed upon him that his beauty is a commodity and that many don't look beyond it. By now, he's made his peace with that.

For Rin to have to feel the same about herself, however... Yuri doesn't know her well enough to know the reasons, but his concern can't be masked when they're both Harbingers. He knows better than to try. The idea that food is such a struggle for her is something he finds terrible all on its own, because his people as a whole face that too. ]

I'd rather you didn't know what that was like. [ It's the first thing he ventures to say as she grinds the table under heel. ] Having to use whatever you've got at your disposal...it does things to a person.

[ He needn't tell her what those things are. She already knows. ]

It shouldn't be that way, but that doesn't change anything. This room...it's exploiting a vulnerability. We're being tested, after all. I'm not saying you shouldn't have anything, but it should be something real.