"I can't even imagine that long of a period of time." she mused in between bites of dinner. "It must have been hell on your mind to go through all that alone."

Asuka's view of romance was far from healthy and mostly involved her looking for someone who could, for lack of a better way of putting it, "save her." Samantha has saved her numerous times, both physically and emotionally. So she would do pretty much anything to stand at the demon girl's side.

"You're the only person besides my mother that I've ever said "I love you" to, so you better know that I'll be with you as long as I can."