[It's a good thing that Knives stops to adjust his voice. Vash tensing slightly as if getting ready to defend himself when he hears that cold edge to his brother's voice. Is this where things will suddenly change? Is this where his brother starts to take a more forceful approach?

Only, no. That doesn't happen. Instead it's clear Knives is trying to get a handle on his anger and make a change. It allows Vash to relax a bit more again.] I need exactly this. What you're doing right now. I need you to keep willing to be patient and to keep trying to see things differently. To ask me how I feel and not just brush off what I say as being wrong. [That's a two way street, however, that Vash himself will struggle with. Thinking that Knives is wrong and not being able to see things differently.]

And, you know.... knowing my friends aren't about to be brutally murdered for being human would go a long way too.