[Niko is committed to his mistakes, his terrible life. He's been buried under experience after experience. He can't protect anyone, and it feels like by simply existing he brings hardship on those around him. He's half convinced this is why he could never be a good mentor. But he scrapes brain, searching for advice that wouldn't be telling him to give up, to push them all way; it's what he would do.]

If you're going to go ahead and get close to people, whether you want to or not, it is better for both of you to be ready for the consequences. Most of these people, they are not pussies that can't handle themselves. If you get close to them, they can fight back.