[ if isaac picks up on Beau's dad feelings, he doesn't show it. ............ but that doesn't matter because there's a brief ping of amusement in response. of course, his own feelings towards Beau are pretty strongly familial, too. ]

Heh, well... he's the person I went to after my fight with Asch. I didn't know you well yet, but Akira, he ... he did something important for me, back when we first got here. So I knew I could count on him. He's ... one of my closest friends, and a good person.

[ they can trade: isaac is now the one to feel a rush of affection, though this is less familial. he just clearly treasures Akira a good deal. "did something for me," though, is accompanied by a brief spike in ... grief, for whatever reason. ]