"Because you were scared?" Lucifer prompted. He was probably the least qualified person in the world to give relationship advice, but something about Isabela got to him. Maybe it was because they were truly alike in that matter and if there was no hope for her, there surely wouldn't be any for him.
Not that he knew what he wanted, with his life split between the Enterprise and home and now Risa more recently than not. But still, he wanted to believe that Isabela had a chance. He slipped his arm around her shoulders and pointed out, "That was an entire lifetime ago, really."