"What? No way!" He was legitimately surprised at that. Was that how it had seemed on the other side of things...?

"I mean, I know we didn't really get along that well, but that didn't mean I wanted you to go and die." He shifted his gaze to the ground with a small frown.

"I was hoping we'd be able to convince you to come with us, but it was pretty obvious that wasn't happening. Still, in a weird way, you did keep us alive during the whole thing. Heh, without you, all of us would probably be dead."