It's... [He blushes and looks down.] Reno did a similar thing for me. I was a mess... I was weak, couldn't fight at all. I was even worse than I am now. I crumbled whenever anything was hard. Couldn't get through a day without panicking. [Which says a lot, because he is still not strong. Still not as strong as he needs to be.]

I was out of control. [That week after the labyrinth and his subsequent punishment he had barely gotten out of bed. Barely spoken. Not eaten. Until he had snapped and attacked the drone worker who was changing his collar liquid. Getting himself killed again.] But he... he saw past all of that and for some reason thought I could be more. He gave me a choice, to accept his teaching and training or he was writing me off. He saved me but he gave me the skills to save myself... He gave me a family and a reason to keep going. [His voice breaks a little there. He misses Reno. A lot.]

I'm not saying... You were weak or anything. But if you were at your lowest and he could see through it to who you could be... Then you are very lucky to have known him.