"I don't need to match him, because simply he was an emotionally stunted piece of work." As Duo settled back away from the outer circle, he crouched beside the pilot and continued on. "I don't have to be that way. I can be so much better."

He pat Duo on the head like he would a child and then stood again. "This could have been the best outcome for him because either way he was going to die. If not by Harth or the Castle, then by his own hand. If your group had ever figured out a way to escape this place, it's exactly what would have happened."