Jaden, realizing that he was being a bit too much in light of Clara's reaction, backed up a little in order to give her some space, but listened to her speak. While she did hesitate slightly -an action that worried him somewhat- Jaden still had faith in Clara. He felt that, while a deeply wounded and somewaht vindictive individual, she was a good person deep down. She was just vulnerable yesterday, extremely so, and Asmodeus had taken advantage of that, though for what reason that he was devoting such energies into the woman, he couldn't even begin to guess. When Clara stared into his eyes, seeming to be searching for something that she could latch onto and trust again after all the lies that had been revealed to her, he met her gaze head on as he gave her his response, his own voice solid and confident.

[color=Ivory]"I promise you, now and forever on. No more lies and no more deceptions."[/color]