“Defend them?” Ascot scoffed,”Why bother? I only look out for myself.” And my monster friends. And Caldina. A Little. Either way he was trying to run with the notion that looking out for others was a waste of time.

“I didn’t say there was anything wrong with having a job... but now that you mention money, you’re not even getting paid for this?” Even in his dealings with Zagato he was going to get something out of it. “You must be dumber than you look.” Why work for nothing as her speech seemed to imply. It opened the door to the idea that she might actually care about helping other people naturally, but it was more prudent at that time to be insulting.

“Then what would be the point in going back if you couldn’t interact with anything?” Did that mean he would really never see his friends again?