[Honestly, he doesn't mind that hug going on for as long as it is. He doesn't mind at all...]

So you're saying that even if Ephenia explodes, you would have enough faith in us to still be alive?

[He can't help but snort at that. Now that's really a logic he wants to whap her upside the head for, but he won't. It's not behind her to have such faith in Asbel and the others. As well as faith in Hubert himself which has been demonstrated numerous times. That unrelenting optimism that caused him to ultimately really fall for her so he could protect it.

To see her so happy is enough of a reward, that he's here. But would she be reacting the same if it were Asbel? Sophie? Richard? Who knew? But for now he will relish in this self-satisfaction of making the woman he loves smile like so.]

I would like for you to do that. After all, it should be the duty of someone who's been around for a while, assuming you've been here longer than I have. [Which has been less than a day now.] And if you have that childish faith that everyone else will show up, then I suppose I have no choice but to resort to that belief as well.

[If only Malik were here to make fun of him...]