You aren't stupid. It was foolish to come after me, but I was the one outside in the first place. It takes a special sort of person, to take such a risk for a stranger.

[She's right, though. Scar has bonded with Maka much better than he's managed with most others. Young people in general are so much easier to speak to. Scar isn't sure what that implies about himself. Perhaps he simply has more patience for them. Conversation can be so damn tiring.

Or maybe it's just another way he's stunted himself. No, he wasn't as old as he appeared, but when was the last time he had shared an emotional connection? He lost everything when he was barely 18.]

Thank you, for your offer. But I do need to solve this for myself, now.

[If only because he now had people forcing him to take care of himself. He wouldn't, if he were alone.]