Then the Claude brat is important to someone that I have become responsible for. [ oh claude one you little freak ] I've also been invested in his... situation for a while already. So I will lend him my aid, after he cried out to me for help, and answer his request.

[ scien fixed mathis once, and he will do it again. however, he has no clue how much lucas knows about that, so he will keep it vague. ]

As for you...

[ this one will feel impossible for lucas to stomach. scien prepares himself to be annoyed, but in the end, it doesn't matter what lucas does or doesn't believe. it does not change his own perspective. ]

You saw it. You called out to me for help, and I took your hand. Since then, I have spent nearly every day of the past three years with you. After healing your sister, I saved you and kept you on as my bodyguard. I do not tell you this with the expectation that you owe me anything. But to me, it is simple.

In another life, you are mine. [ not romantically, not platonically, but some other, menacing and life-altering third thing ] Even if you do not feel any such allegiance to me, I don't care. I respect the you that needed me enough that I will not abandon you now.

[ because scien can count on one hand the number of people who have helped him, who have done anything for him at all. and he always sees his debts through. ]

You chose me once, and I will choose you always.