I wasn't suggesting we hide anything from MK. I was suggesting more reinforcements initially. But if you're okay with starting with just him... [ he shrugs tensely. Red Son has stakes in MK, Macaque has all that and caring in a deep and inescapable way about Wukong being physically and in all other ways okay. ]

[ He doesn't even react to the thing about affirmations. He can't think that far ahead. If Wukong is in such a bad state that MK needs comforting, Macaque might not be in a state to offer it. ]

[ He accepts the hand, and is still slightly shaking physically, which he doesn't bother trying to hide. ]

All right, go on.