"I think she was misguided but I suppose she just couldn't help putting your life before hers. In a way you did the same for her, didn't you?" Hershel answered thoughtfully. "Honestly I can't say I don't think you'd do the same if you really thought she'd die with you?"

He paused. "Sorry, that was rather grim... I'm glad you remembered this, though. It seems... important." He said, as if he wasn't sure how to word it.

Heiji's intensity on saying all that surprised him a little, though it really shouldn't have. It was Heiji, and he had a point. "I- yes, I know. I guess... more than anything I'm worried about assuming either way." He hesitated a moment. "At least this really does prove more and more we cannot trust Calhoun's intentions often, if at all."