[ Sure. Mandricardo can see it as love because it is, but it's also codependency which is what Wang Lu and Mandricardo lack, apparently. Which is... Good for them? Killing is bad! Nier knows that.

Nier looks at him, frowning a bit at the complex bit since he does think you've only ever been a kind friend to me. ]

There's nothing wrong with being a little selfish... You deserve to want a little and be happy, Mandricardo. You know that, right?