Larel seemed to calm down a little as he listened to Hotaru looking at her in silence as she explained why she left, he lowered his eyes not really having anything to say towards her on it. Mera's words caused him to flinch as it hit a little close to home, when he had tried to leave Mera and Hotaru himself he had the same thought in mind, but back then Alari had stopped him from going. It was strange but Larel understood what Hotaru was trying to do and he wasn't entirely sure what to do. After a moment his attention did move to Alari seeing Mera look at him,
The two watched each other in silence but Larel didn't say anything or even throw a glare in his direction. When Alari smiled at him he turned his attention back to Mera and Hotaru hearing Hotaru was caught while trying to feed, his mouth moved to the side for a bit feeling for Hotaru at Mera's words though Alari smiled actually envying Hotaru a little. Having someone around to do that was a bit of a blessing, he hoped she understood that a little.

Alari turned and walked after Mera, Larel started following after him but stopped when Hotaru spoke to him, he averted his gaze for a moment before shutting his eyes, he rubbed the back of his head before smiling and looking back at her.
"It's okay...you guys get to deal with Zenmaru on occasion so I can call it even," he said with a small nod. "I know you don't want to bother us with it Hotaru...I don't want anyone to deal with mine Zenmaru being one of the main ones. I find it's easier if we help each other though, I'm your friend after all and that's what friends do...at least I think so. It feels like it's the right thing to do anyway, let's keep going before we're left behind."