[he may be a Fool, but Fool or no, he isn't an idiot. The Fool can tell when he's overstepped a boundary, intentional or otherwise.]

Here, let's take this for now, [he tells the imps and tries to pluck the knot away from them. He searches for a flat surface to place them on next, and elects for a table that looks as though there isn't too much there for them to get into trouble with. Coaxing them off his palm, he looks back to Hibiki and frowns.]

My apologies, [he says,] you don't look well.