[ Anticipating that the passage of time will only make him increasingly concerned for Flat. ]

Hunters are...persistent, where I come from. I doubt trying to dissuade one would ever end well.

[ Though Subaru says as much gently, patiently, there is a firmness about the words. A man who has chased them across dimensions simply won't stop because he was asked nicely. ]

...And I don't wish for you to be endangered because of me.