Something in his demeanor... Erichthonios doesn't know what to think of it, but the shift in expression worries him.

"Though I am glad you are without burden, my friend... please know that if you bore a burden, I would not wish for you to carry it alone."

Lifting his head, he makes attempt to smile again, though it falls much shorter from the mark this time.

"We have already been through much together, have we not? Even in so short a time... So, please. Let me be as much a friend as you are to me."