[He squeezes her hand back gently, his other hand on his fishing pole.]

I... thank you, Hiyori. I appreciate it. I... I just want... I just want to leave good in the world. Every world that I go through. As much good as I can manage...

[He sniffles a little bit. He doesn't know how much time he has left. It's scary, knowing you're running on a limited amount of sand in the hourglass without knowing how big the hourglass is. Is this what mortals feel like?]

I just want to protect peoples' smiles.