User blog comment:Bankai99/That's Some Real Devotion/@comment-1595565-20111107025534

You wouldn't find it the least bit of a buzzkill if one of them said "I should get stronger for him. Eh, I'll sleep on it and think about it later." At least saying something flat out has more of an impact. Besides, it's not like they had anywhere else to go, so they were really doing the only logical thing at the time. Also, it would kill the overarching theme to just leave people you consider friends like that.