"Selfless? No, it seems you've misunderstood something."
"I never said I was helping them selflessly!"
["Hmm?"]
The boy shook his head in rebuttal, speaking confidently and proudly: "This isn't just my one-sided contribution; it's not self-gratification."
"While I give, they also reciprocate."
No matter the relationship, be it familial, romantic, or friendly… only when both sides contribute can it be healthy.
If it's only one person's effort, any relationship is unhealthy and unsustainable.
Lapdogs are despised because they fail to recognize this, moved only by their self-righteousness.
Herbert understands this clearly and would naturally never go down such a one-way path.
He gives what he can, and they respond in kind.
"As for what they give, well, that's up to what they can offer."
Herbert wouldn't force the Monster Girls to repay him in any particular form.
He wouldn't make Valentina teach others to read, nor would he have Fremay sing for people...
