Get as much work done as you can before we leave. I don't want you working on anything else tonight. Depending on how you feel, we'll see if you need to go to school tomorrow, but I would prefer if you didn't.

[Now he was slipping back into commanding older brother mode. It was a concern not only for the state of Mitsuzane's health in general and wanting to make sure his cold didn't knock him off his feet with the stress of school, but also because he was far too worried about what Mitsuzane's reaction would be to any of the information he'd gain that night.]