Eridan bristles at that reply. Now he knows her weakness! Well, another one a them. Humans sure have a ton of weakness, don't they? The non god-tier ones at least.

"Look, the point is! That's wwhy she's out there and I'm here, okay? It's not about being scared." He nods firmly, as if this is partially to convince himself. "Besides, it's better this wway." Though honestly even if he says that last part, he's not sure what the logic behind it is. It just sorta came out.