Oh... I actually really like the idea of Kanaya being the one to tell Spain why Kaoru was so :/ around him and Spain is just like... totally shocked HE WAS JUST TEASING HE DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY.

But yeah, he is really good for lending an ear and giving advice once in awhile but his strength is definitely in cheering people up. Listening is easy but he suffers from genuinely not Understanding. Despite everything, he's pretty rigid and traditional in his thinking so he just hits walls with things like ALIENS AND TROLLS, man. It would take a bit for him to adapt in a way that would be meaningful outside a survival context.