"Why wouldn't she?" Luka huffs. "Does she not trust us?"

Well, it isn't unimaginable that a monster wouldn't trust him, the Princess, who had previously been an undeniable threat to them. Until recently, he had even had the Protector's magic still inside him, even. But Luka thinks now that he's plenty trustable - he clearly wasn't on the Protector's side anymore.

He picks up on the sound of footsteps distantly fairly quickly, and perks up curiously wondering who the approaching stranger might be. Hopefully it wasn't Nine, and hopefully she hadn't heard that.