[Well, shoot, he really thought that was gonna do the trick. Better work on his puppy-dog eyes a bit harder for next time, then!!

The moment Sylvain mentions the mind-reading, however, the dejected wet cat look drops like a rock from his face, settling onto something a bit more unreadable. Ah-- so he already knew what it was capable of, huh? And yet he still didn't want to do anything about it... how troublesome.]

So you think it's better to have it go and air out our dirty laundry for everyone to see than nip the problem in the bud? Okay then.

Personally, I think people would be more upset over getting their hearts pried into instead of a burning tree, but that's just me.