He would not allow her the pleasure of hearing him scream in pain, even as he tried to stand despite her spell going off. Defiant to the last.

Mom! Lydia! were the first things that came to mind after the worst of the pain subsided. The red in his vision lessened only slightly, seeing they were still alive - if barely.

"So you think... to break us of our resolve instead." It was a tactic he was all too familiar with - had, once, though the hours or days spent being tortured were a blank hole in his memory now. In which case, not doing what he was about to would likely be a mercy. Alas, his selfishness would win out instead. Raising his sword, he Dualcast Cura on Saori and Lydia.