[He watches Minato for a moment when he says that 'he knows,' as if making sure that he really means that. Funnily enough, he's always been a little easier to read than Kotone, at least before they became really close. She smiles bright, changes the topic to something else, even though she's sad. But turning his thoughts away from her for once, Scott shakes his head to Minato's statement.]

I don't do anything I don't want to. [Maybe not 100% true, but Scott does care about the other teen. Not just because he's similar to Kotone in a lot of ways, but because he's just another teen that should experience what it is like to feel normal and shit. And okay, Scott is never going to forget how he thought that none of his friends would care about his death.]

I'm here because I want to be, because you're my friend. I didn't run towards Thanatos because I thought that was going to be easy or fun. [...Honestly he thought that was going to suck way more.] I'm not just going to leave you, got it?