Never shall I doubt your desire to protect me. Not after this day.

[He angles his body as best he can, trying to lean a little more deliberately into Haurchefant, bringing his arm over to run his thumb along Haurchefant's cheek.]

But I was not speaking of admiration or esteem. What I mean is — is that I would not have you be strong for me, while I am merely strong for the whole of Ishgard. Surely even one as strong as you must have moments where you falter, Haurchefaunt. I — I mean to say that if you should falter, I would be strong for you.

That your...devotion...is not...is not unreturned.