After a thoughtful nod, Mingjue declares, "Then the bed is definitely required. If you're not just going to be staying here, but—" he pauses. Well, it sounded better in his head. "But staying here."

He waves a hand. They know what he means.

"But I." And here he pauses again, but not because he's faltering, but because he's caught once more in a thought. The idea that expectations have simply been done away with is a strange one, and the fact that they were pulled here against their will and have no idea how to get back hits him all anew. "I."

Huh.

"Huh." Huh. "We don't have to think of those things here. Nobody's depending on us but us."