Cyril knows that he can't really stop Knives from doing anything, though. He accepts the kiss and braces himself.

In the cabin, the boys start to get restless when they notice that Cyril is coming closer. Soren even begins to scoot himself to the door. Crawling to get himself nearer the parent he misses. Knives scoops him up carefully to stop himself from getting in the way when the door opens, meaning that Knives is near the doorway when Vash opens it to let Cyril in.