human
Julius:  Julius breathed what almost seemed a sigh of relief as Subaru’s shoe rang out on the stairs. As if urging Subaru to go on ahead. …No, not urging, pleading…
gpt
Subaru:  Subaru believed that he understood at least to some degree what Julius was thinking. The reason he understood was the same reason he had immediately known that Julius had gone to challenge Reid again even though Emilia and the others hadn’t… Because it resembled something Subaru had felt before himself.
human
Subaru:  “…Argh! Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it! Dumbass! You and me both!” Cursing in irritation, Subaru dashed down the stairs toward Julius. Not to pass him. Grabbing Julius’s left arm as he clung to the wall and stumbled awkwardly, Subaru forcefully wedged himself under his shoulder.
gpt
Julius:  “Wha…? Subaru, what are you…?”
human
Subaru:  “Shut up! What are you talking about, you can stand on your own?! I can see how hunched over you are! There’s no way I can just rush off and leave someone like that behind! Forget Emilia scolding me, I wouldn’t forgive myself if I did that!”
gpt
Julius:  “But I—”
human
Subaru:  “I wouldn’t want to lend a hand if I didn’t have to, either. Both my hands are pretty full of things as it is. If it really bothers you, then don’t look so pathetic anymore!” Subaru’s spittle-flecked shout silenced Julius.
gpt
Subaru:  Losing the strength that he had used to shake Subaru off, Julius hesitated to resist, and seeing that, Subaru started walking while forcibly lending him a shoulder to lean on.
human
Subaru:  “I won’t say I know everything in your heart.”
gpt
Subaru:  “But, right now, right here, there is no reason for me to make you walk these stairs, this long, long stairway, all by yourself. I can lend you a shoulder. It’s not even a favor.”
human
Subaru:  Talking about debts and favors is stupid. If we started counting those, then how much would I owe Julius by now? And I’d have to start counting from all the way back at the training ground in the castle. —I understand why you faced Reid even knowing you couldn’t win. That time…Subaru had been the same. At the time, Subaru had known he could not win, but he had still challenged Julius. Even after getting knocked down countless times, even after getting pummeled, he had kept standing back up and challenging him. Because there had not been any other way for him to vent the fury that had welled up in his breast. And at that time, when it was all over, after his argument with Emilia ended things, and he had been alone, it had been painful. He had wanted to cry.
gpt
Subaru:  …So how could I leave him to take these stairs all by himself? There was a heat in the pit of his stomach, just like then. But unlike then, he didn’t know where he should vent that fury.