Frau managed to lift his hand to Teito's resting it there. He needed to calm the kid down and get him to trust Kevin or things wouldn't go smoothly, and right now that's how they needed to go.

"Listen to me, damn brat, he's a friend of mine. He's going to help you. Listen to him."

The words came out between weak coughs and gasps for air, but Frau was pretty sure he'd gotten the point across. He watched Teito for a moment longer before looking up to meet Kevin's eyes. He could never say the words, but his eyes did all the talking for him. Thank you.