The fuck do you think caring means? [ toji asks, pinching cain's cheek for emphasis. ]

She's just stupid, [ he goes on to scoff. however harsh the words, there's no insult to them. just a bland statement of fact that's edging on fond. ] Doesn't know how to assert herself. Doesn't know how to ask to be treated right. Doesn't know she can and should have better. She'll figure it out someday, and in the meantime I've got a place to sleep and dinner now and then.

Girls like her got me through most my life.