[Conrad's seen enough death to know the look in someone's eyes as their light fades, and he sees it now. His first task as her Chevalier and he's failing.]
[it's the conflict in her voice that catches his attention most, causing him to look up from Ashton -- the one he was failing to save for her. no matter how his mind is spinning her comfort is first. his free hand is bloodied, smearing her pale skin as he touches her cheek.]
[he knows what that will mean. not only for her, and for them, but for Ashton. but an innocent boy may die if not -- would that matter to Zero, or the rest of them?]
[In the end, nothing matters more than that face Diva made, and how he wanted to take her pain away.] I won't let them hurt you. [he offers a thin smile; his tacit approval. if it's this boy Diva wants, then Conrad will protect him, too.]