[ His shoulders give a small shrug about Midoriya not being able to try his ramen. That may or may not be for the best. As much as he likes his clients, he does feel like he shouldn't coddle the young man too much. It's an odd sort of feeling that he has -- like watching Midoriya allows him to see him with a more critical eye.

Despite the injuries that he has, the young man has the eyes of someone that refuses to give up. What he is refusing to give up on, Kei has no idea. Still, it feels wrong to him to look at someone with such eyes and decide to protect him. No, what is best would be to support that spirit -- which means to not show too much kindness in the name of helping. ]

Is that so? I'm glad to hear that. I suppose I could make you something with tofu instead. That would be easy to eat with a spoon rather than having to worry about chopsticks, yes?