[He just offers a shrug. What he was doing in France is irrelevant now. It's done and that's the only thing that matters.]

I would have tried, yes, but I wasn't willing to risk losing everything again. Funny how your twin became the spare, isn't it? [Astre worried so much about being thought of as less than nothing for the same when Ciel had been the backup plan. Lucky for the three of them, it worked.]

I should hope not. I went to a lot of trouble trying to get you out of it and I'd be right cross with you if you threw that all in my face. [He's grinning now, but quite serious even if he knows it's not a threat.]