<... I'm sorry. I... my family's complicated, but even though I can't know what you went through, I get it.>

[Despite everything, he still has the capacity to care. He still has humanity in him, and even as he clings to his hawk instincts he still has to cling desperately to the humanity he has left.]

<... I don't know what a Shield is, or where Rosaria is... but it's okay. I just... you're not trying to kill me despite me talking to you like this, so it's... probably okay. ... It's been a few years that the situation's been like this. That... I've been like this.>

[He shifts uncomfortably, looking away despite his hawk instincts telling him to continue to stare Clive down.]