Lucas seems surprised, for a moment, at Roxas's words and glances up, his emotions slightly abated. Though the reassurances are wooden, he hadn't expected that much, even...

".......Thanks. I know."

The words come quietly.

"But... if I don't hope to do more, it means I'm... OK with this. With all of this." He glances back out towards the crowd. "If everything we can possibly do isn't enough, then... we have to make more possible."