You would? [Urahara doesn't spare a look upwards, because this is delicate work and one wrong movement because you weren't looking at where your fingers were moving might risk ruining something.]

Well, I can't allow that, as selfish as that may sound. [He smirks, still looking down.] If things become too dangerous, I'll just have to make sure to keep you safe as much as I can.

[Sentimentality, but spoken in a way that sounds like it's unmitigated Fact.]