[ No, you're the one who is stupid. You and Mai are both above him in the evolutionary ladder of life. Either of you could singularly destroy him without even blinking an eye. He knows this. And you know this. And so does Mai. And that's why there's this distance between them and that's why he's not willing to close the distance and take a chance on being able to do what they used to do- just the three of them. ]

We don't have a friendship, Kazuraba. And I don't need either you or Mai for anything. I can make do on my own here and restart my life without the two of you involved.

[ His voice is sharp when he says that while his amulet makes a low, angry hum ]