Everyone voting Ally also meant that Clive was now the only one who was had to continue to live off of just one incredibly tiny meal a day out of fear that he'd run out of food before he could get 9 BP. That sure brought down the good mood he had earlier, but at the very least, he still didn't regret allying with Zelos and Light; they were pretty cool guys, and if he had betrayed them then they would have to suffer with him and that would have certainly made him look very bad.

Fighting off the dark thoughts for the time being, he gave Heiji a thin smile. "I suppose that's true. Be more careful from now on though, will you? I would be terribly upset if you got yourself killed."