[If you want, I can come with you,] Fang replied, realising what William meant. The latter expected strong enemies waiting for him on the other side of the portal, and the expected battle with them would be hard to conclude in a short time.
Fang wanted to help, but William knew he could do nothing to change the situation or make a difference in the high-stakes combat to come. [I'll take Becky with me, but you have to stay behind and handle the battle here until I'm back.]
[Yet you are taking Lara with you!] Fang didn't understand why William refused his help and yet would take Lara. To him, it seemed logically inconsistent.
[She deserves to see justice delivered.] Yet, what William said was outside of what Fang had thought. William didn't ask Lara to come with him for any expected help from her. He wanted her to witness what he would do to the enemies who set her city ablaze!
