He -- [It wouldn't really help Zelos to lie now.] -- was being a little sarcastic. But that just means he doesn't know how much he wants it.

[Obviously.]

I don't want them to thank me for it. I want Nethan to stop looking at me like I'm putting my life in danger every time I want to visit you. I want them to...

[Not trust Yuan. Zelos isn't an idiot. He knows that won't happen. Not even like Yuan, because you don't need to like someone to make use of them.]

I want them to respect you.

[Which is probably just as much a tall order, but the knights respect fighting skill. Which Yuan has. It's as good a place as any to start. Still, Zelos watches Yuan carefully for his response, and it's by virtue of that that he realises just how tired Yuan sounded when he rejected the idea.]

Will you try, please? For my sake?

[Not as the Chosen -- never as the Chosen, not with Yuan -- but as a friend. As just Zelos.]