[That's true, though he'd meant "away from Camille" specifically--but he doesn't bother clarifying, since it's not that important.]
Mm. That's what happens when your other choice is lying down and dying.
[He's not even trying to be mean or diminish Mathis's growth, it just makes sense, to him, that Mathis feels this way in the situation they've found themselves in. Truly this whole experience has been "a day in the life of a DGM exorcist" for so many people.]
I thought that I would die, when we all first arrived. I-it's almost strange to think that I've gone from... accepting my death, back then, to wanting to live now.
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[lucas and scien have been here, for one, but-- so many here have supported him, helped him.
even so-]
B-but I do think that I've... I've managed to grow, here, more than I really thought that I would.
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Mm. That's what happens when your other choice is lying down and dying.
[He's not even trying to be mean or diminish Mathis's growth, it just makes sense, to him, that Mathis feels this way in the situation they've found themselves in. Truly this whole experience has been "a day in the life of a DGM exorcist" for so many people.]
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[truly this is character development...]