Vash is quiet for a long moment. Maybe he's not going to answer.

Finally he speaks. "Because he will do everything he can for his kids without hesitating. I..." Maybe he wouldn't maybe he would do anything to keep the boys safe.

He hears the phantom echo of the gunfire in the cave. The memory of how strong Roderick's blood smelled mixed with gunpowder make his stomach lurch. How he faltered and failed to snap Titus's neck when it was in his grasp.

"I would."