"Well, I guess so..." He couldn't think of a way to reply with a counterargument. There used to be people in his life that cared about him in such a way, but they've all lost faith in him. There was no way Betilla and Rayman and his idiot friends would ever trust the Teensie that help them captive or sent goons and robots after them. He arrived in Crystallis expecting to be socially remote forever.

Would he be upset if Lydia died, though? The answer for most everyone else was "no", save for disappointment if someone useful like Sephiroth or Deadpool did, permanently or not. Lydia could come back, and that was no reason to feel bad.

Ales appeared as if he was about to say something, but stopped himself.

He didn't know the answer to his own question.