[This is fine. He gives Higekiri time to fold the clothes, even folding bits and pieces himself before handing them off so things proceed more quickly. It's just like them to be in synch, to be efficient together.]

There's a square that says... "knifeplay," elder brother. You're... [Strangely.] ...the only one I trust to help me "get" that one.

[It doesn't matter if he had been cut down to size; he thinks he pretty much deserved it. And, more than that, they were meant to be equal. If it took getting cut down to size, he's fine with it. As long as they're equal.]

Will you... with... yourself? We can take care of it afterward. If it's you... I don't mind.