[ It was almost like she couldn't completely wrap her mind around the concept at first, but he pushed that aside to focus on the rest of what she'd said. His heart ached just looking at her, because there was something about how small and young she looked that struck him deeply; reminding him of siblings he no longer had in this world. ]

...It does. She... She deserves to be in the sun and truly happy again. More than anyone else.

[ He inhaled a deep breath to try and keep his cool the best he could, still bothered even now how being in these killing games had made it so he hadn't been able to use his usual breathing techniques to their full extent. Though it wasn't as if it had completely killed his sharp sense of smell any, as with that breath, he'd caught wind of her scent properly and it'd stopped him short.

Her scent wasn't human.

Not a demon's, but something... almost sweet. Something unusual he'd never picked up on before, but he got the feeling it wasn't bad. Not like the odd, bitter scent that almost completely overpowered hers in a way he couldn't describe. ]

You know... I get the feeling out there, someone misses you a lot. Surely you have family, right?

[ It's just a guess but... he's not shying away from asking such a thing all the same. ]