Over Asbel's dead body.

"We're...f-friends?" the moogle asked disbelievingly. "We're really friends? B-but we just met each other! How...how can you be sure you want to be my friend, kupo?"

"Yeah, she does." Choosing to ignore whatever joke lingered behind Taiga's words, Asbel could only smile at the exchange between Sophie and Tern. Heroism was definitely not something Sophie was lacking in any way. How many times had she rescued them now? Far more than he could count.

"Whether Kalki's a bad person or not, I don't think there's an easy answer." He replied, honestly not knowing how to feel about the woman. The problem was - he didn't know her goals, or the reasoning behind them. All he knew for sure was she played a hand in all this somehow, and she didn't seem to care who got hurt in the process. That method wasn't one he could agree with. "Maybe she believes what she's doing is for the greater good - we really can't be sure. But it is true that some of the things she's done are bad. There's no excuse for holding people captive, after all."