He was silent for a long while, not knowing how to answer her question. Did he know the answer himself? How he wanted to say he wasn't afraid... But he knew that was the biggest lie of them all. Was it losing his chance at seeing her again? Leaving Laharl and the others behind? Or was it that...?

That he couldn't go back once he had made his choice. "...Making the wrong decision," he finally said. "I... I cannot tell him until I have chosen."