[ ok, well, now that forces him to stop and stare at him strangely, not like the pity-strangely kind of way he was avoiding him but more of a confused-strangely look that he has now. ]

... what are you expecting to happen should you start not being well? [ sure. for whatever that means. ] The transformation [ the monster thing, the - ] happened because of the lance. And you have the Crest. The Archbishop had said it wasn't random.

I would like someone else to be here with us, too, just to assure us things will be fine, but ... I'd rather not see anyone else, really. [ so. ] So all we have is me and you.