"But...Axel-sama was always nice." Ken gives Chikusa a thoughtful look. Much like Chikusa is willing to force himself to try to communicate on sensitive subjects for Ken, Ken is willing to put effort into trying to understand the complexities of Chikusa when he senses it's important to his partner. "I don't think he'd be mad at you for serving another god while he's not here anyway...he wouldn't think you're doing anything bad."

Ken doesn't quite get that Chikusa feels he'd be violating a standard he holds for himself, and not one that he thinks Axel would hold him to. This is mostly because Chikusa communicates in the fewest words he can get away with, so sometimes (often) he doesn't explain himself fully enough for Ken to get the picture in one go.