For a moment, that touch seems weirdly foreign - like he hasn't come in contact with another person in some time. But, one way or another, it's still Tanyuu. He turns his hand over to curl his fingers around hers.

"...Almost," he admits. "I... I don't know if it would have actually gone as she wanted, but. Fortunately we won't find out. Foster stopped me, and... then he took out the rose she'd planted."