If Rean ever had to face some of those people he...really wouldn't know what to do other than to accept their justified grudge and keep walking forward. That was all he could do really. Sometimes he laughed at his childish naivety when he first enrolled into Thors intending to become a soldier in the army to try and release his adoptive family from his burden. Now he was a soldier and one of the highest profile ones at least on the easter front with Crossbell and Calvard.

He knows the words Alisa says are true but just as she would expect, he did not want to drag all of his wonderful friends down with him. That being said being shown genuine kindness like this was both healing him and hurting him a bit as well.

"I know..." And really maybe just sharing this intimate moment of bliss and comfort would count as leaning on her a bit more. It was obvious he was starved for such a treatment considering he really did not want to let go of Alisa any time soon. Odds were he would keep holding her even if Sharon were to walk into the room as long as she didn't say a word. Even if he did see her.