[There's a look of surprise, and Rokurou is going to answer a little out of order and a bit hurriedly.]

Yeah, and I felt a greater need to protect you, but did you really go into outer space? Like, where the stars and stuff are?

[LOOK THE WHOLE "INTO SPACE" CONCEPT IS NONEXISTENT AND HE ONLY KNOWS BASIC/COMMON KNOWLEDGE IN TERMS OF ASTRONOMY AND STUFF so this is fascinating and way more interesting than their essences at the moment. (They can get back on that in a bit, but for now—space.)]