Hearing Hayley's request, Isaac feels some trepidation as he considers it. On one hand, as confident as he is in his (and Vincent's) abilities, he isn't sure he could take on an entire underground fighting circuit without someone getting killed, which he goes to great lengths to avoid. However, if this guy is as bad as Hayley says, then there's a good chance [i]she[/i] could be the one getting killed, something he knows he'd never be able to live with. The past week, he feels as if he couldn't get any closer to her even if they were joined at the hip. Sighing, he fixes Hayley's intense gaze with one of his own as he says, "No. If you're gonna go, then I'm going with you, no matter what. If anyone has a problem with it, tough. As much as I'd like to avoid it, I can stand my ground, if need be."