[He drops down onto his bed, folding his arms over his legs as he thinks.]

I don't know a lot, but... Dysley's behind it, of course. Somehow he managed to brand her, make her a Sanctum l'cie. It's his style -- tell her she's supposed to save Cocoon, but set her up to fail. If a hero of Cocoon falls against the Pulse l'cie, riots will happen, terror and panic, all the things he wants. And since Serah is apparently not crystal...

[He'll let that sink in for a moment. Lightning will understand better than anyone what it meant to have a Focus to defeat the Pulse l'cie, and her own sister being one. He looks up at her, watching her, as he lets her consider it.]