... Of all questions, he was not expecting that one. He pauses and looks at Essek before looking back at Eight, a slight edge of panic on his features.

"I... w-well. We are... part of the same group. We are - it's a very complicated answer. Friends and allies, who came from opposite sides of a conflict. We are both... eh. It's... what I said that night was largely true. We are both people who fucked up everything badly and are trying to be better than we were."

That's not an answer, and he knows it's not. "... To be perfectly honest, I think we are both still figuring out exactly what we are besides 'friends'."