Do not act as though it is some favor to you, to allow you to handle this on your own.
[The words escape him before he even thinks about what he's saying, and then he looks a little startled despite himself. He's always been the sort who's fought on his own, so...it's odd that he would say something like that in the first place.
And yet...
Perhaps there is something to fighting side-by-side with others.
After all, there was always Stahn and Rutee and Philia and everyone, and without them, perhaps--
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[The words escape him before he even thinks about what he's saying, and then he looks a little startled despite himself. He's always been the sort who's fought on his own, so...it's odd that he would say something like that in the first place.
And yet...
Perhaps there is something to fighting side-by-side with others.
After all, there was always Stahn and Rutee and Philia and everyone, and without them, perhaps--
... No, that's a ridiculous thought to have too.]