[The water he takes with a grateful nod, while the fruit gets a curious glance. It's certainly tempting but what he's here for is more important than indulging the bottomless pit of his teen stomach.]

I...I might have found a way to keep him here, and Lady Serah. I don't know if it'll work, but I have to try.

[He looks Lightning square on in the face with the same intense seriousness as always. What Machina's not saying is what he plans to do is potentially very dangerous, but he doesn't care. Consequences be damned.]

I know you out of anyone will understand: I will do anything to keep Izana alive. And... there is no one on the island I trust more with him than you.

[Because more than Sora or Hizumi or even Regis, there's no one he knows who can understand the need to keep a beloved sibling alive, and have the strength to see it done.]