He wishes that he could believe that sentiment wholeheartedly... that the gods would only give burdens that could be carried. If it were true, if it would all be worthwhile in the end... isn't that what he's been hoping for, since he heard of why they had been brought to this world? That he and Himeka would be bound so, just as the Scions had been before?

It's a complicated question to him, and the ambivalence of it shows on his face. Even regarding the staunch faith of his own nation he could be considered agnostic - unwilling to fully accept or reject the love of the goddess that supposedly watched over him. Blessed him, even, if you asked his countrymen during his ascent to the office of Azure Dragoon. On some level he wants to believe, but after so many unanswered calls for mercy...

(But were they unanswered, when he was spared the death he was so convinced he was owed?)

"...I don't know," he says, hesitantly looking up to her after a long moment of casting his gaze downward. "I... understand that matters may be different in my realm, though I have seen many things there that could be attributed to destiny. Still, I have always... felt that I must press on regardless. That each step is mine own, even if it comes to serve a greater purpose."