"I was getting around to them." Still pouting a little, for all that he was glowing slightly. It was good to hear real laughter from Seimei. A relief, really. He hummed for a moment, tilting his head to the side in thought.

"...I think you've tried everything that you can. In the sense that everything that you've tried so far has been about you doing things for others. You opening the house, you offering advice. So let's not make it about you doing and make it about them doing instead. What can they do for you? I'm not saying you aren't skilled already, and I'm not saying you have to change. But there are so many people here I'm sure you can learn something new from. You don't have to master it in a week, you don't even have to be good at it."

...and that would be his tongue poking out again as he teased,

"I'll even go with you. If you're scared."