[ "maybe at all" is likely the right choice — perhaps eventually, she'll make the connection as to why he has such strong feelings about this particular subject... but not today.

(perhaps then, she'll understand his easy acceptance of her family name, and the fact that you're not defined by your family members.)

she sputters, and he sighs; he should have expected this. especially with how his own feelings about marines in general are much like hers, only more aggressive. ]

I wouldn't have lived past the age of thirteen without him. And if he'd lived... we would have escaped together. [ he's not outright saying that rosinante would have essentially become a fugitive from the marines, but... well. she can read between the lines. ]

I trust him with my life, and the lives of everyone here. And I would exchange the lives of everyone here for his. Including my own.

[ just. casually putting that out there. he sips his coffee. ]