[Ritsuka expects nothing in his life... and is still always disappointed back home. So yes, yes he expects the worse and functions as if the other shoe is always about to drop. It makes things less surprising when they ultimately do for him.

At Jesse's comment he blushes and his ears press against his head.]

It's just, I'm not... in imminent danger so... you don't... I mean, I'm extra food, extra water- just all sorts of extra resources. So... I just... I mean, you don't have to keep wasting them on me.