It's a difficult sentiment to argue against, and yet annoying all the same. "You're making a mistake." He insists more pointedly.

Everyone is making a mistake. He tried to prove himself, he failed in a most spectacular fashion. That's it, that should have been game over. Galbadia Garden should have been game over. Should have been the end of him. But here he is, for some stupid reason making the same stupid mistakes hoping that maybe someday what Nida says is true. Even if he knows better. Optimism is stupid.

He tries to pull away when Nida grabs him, hissing in annoyance. "The hell? Let go of me." A boost of confidence might help for a few minutes. Won't fix years of bad self-worth driven into his head. Nice effort though, Nida. "You can say that all you want, it won't last." But then, maybe Nida will prove to be as stalwart as the whole two people in the world he could ever rely on.

He misses them so much.