[ ryouma recognises her tension and discomfort that has nothing to do with her injury. he doesn't presume to know the cause but sympathises anyway; he has different reasons to be evasive in his own way. ]

Look at it this way... now we're even from the other day. I don't like needing help from anyone either, but everyone needs a little at some point.

[ but since neither of them really had a choice, they just have to deal with it! ]