[Vivi's distance and lack of focus is indeed concerning. Even more concerning is what he doesn't say. He's quiet for a moment as he too gazes off to the castle. Gunvolt's face remained stony and impassive, but the look in his eyes betrayed his reticence and melancholy.

After a moment he finds a resolve.]

Your maker, huh...

...Vivi, man. We've stuck with each other through so much. Through the good and the bad. No matter what happens at the end of this... you don't have to bear it alone.

[Part of him is angry and hurt that Vivi would've just up and left to face what might be his end alone, without a word. But another part of him understands that the boy just didn't want his friends to be upset or hurt too. But that ship sailed already.

He thought back to the energy tank he tried to perfect, when all those efforts came unraveled at once. When he lost his composure and cried on Lia's shoulder. Sorrow like that might be just around the corner all over again, made worse by potentially being helpless. But such as it might be, he figured... maybe at the end, it might give some sense of closure. Maybe for everyone.

He managed a small smile, though there wasn't much joy to be found in it.]

And you won't bear it alone. You're in too deep with us for that now. We'll get you there, even if we have to carry you there on our backs.