[ Sturmhond both sees and appreciates the bond that Barnaby and Kotetsu has. His feeling on it is that he hopes Barnaby could influence Kotetsu through it, not the other way around. Though, of course, a bond works in two directions. He can see why there's a worry, why other people have told Barnaby that they're worried.

What's also true is that everyone has weaknesses. It can help to know them for oneself, since it allows more of a guard against them. It's clearly upset Barnaby at a very deep level, however.

Sturmhond nods at the indication that they've died already, once. He otherwise doesn't react, which is a decent sign of how tightly he's reigning in his own feelings during this discussion. ]

What you do is your own decision. Telling him would be a risk. It would always be a risk, but sometimes these are risks worth taking. You're the only one who can decide.

But if you love him already, then already you are weak to him. He doesn't have to reciprocate for that to be so.