Sitting on a bench in the locker rooms, Lane rest his head in his hands as he tries to unwind from the match and process that he had actually beaten Seven. Lane had always thought he would have a glorious and happy feeling once he won against Seven and yet, while he was happy that he was able to prove himself, the feelings clawing at him weren’t what he was expecting. Guilt and regret mingled with the feelings of accomplishment and happiness. Guilt and regret that he had even pushed Seven into such a drawn out feud. In the beginning, Lane had just wanted to prove himself, show that he was strong and could go up against his idol. Lane didn’t even want to win when he first thought of taking Seven on, he just wanted to have some fun and see if he had gotten strong enough to win. However over time that desire got morphed into drama, drama that Lane was the cause of. Seven was a friend, a mentor, and even like a father to him, something Lane was afraid he had crushed. 

Suddenly Lane lifts his head as realization comes to him. Seven was like a father? No that shouldn’t be right. Lane had his dad. Yeah Hunter wasn’t there for some of his life, they had all thought the other was dead after all. So believing Seven was like a father wasn’t right…was it? Seven had been there when Lane was a young soldier, struggling to become his own person. He took Lane under his wing and helped him learn what it meant to be a knight of Camelot and to protect those you love. Seven even helped Lane realize his passion for fighting in club scarab, giving him tips and tricks to make him a better fighter, mentoring Lane. Yeah that’s right, Seven was just like mentor, that’s all he was and it’s good that a student tries to beat his mentor. And yet, Lane kept going back to Seven being like a father figure…not a mentor. 

Because all of the things that Seven did with him, Lane had missed and desired with his dad. When they were younger, Hunter had tried to train both Jake and him, but the young Lane just wanted to have fun. He was a prankster now and an even bigger prankster back then, something that angered Hunter during their training sessions until he gave up on training Lane. When it came to training with Seven, he however seemed to take Lanes prankster nature in stride, using it to benefit Lanes soldier and fighting career. What angered his father, Seven seemed to take with ease. 

Cursing at himself Lane finally comes to terms with why he treated and acted the way he has been to Seven. Seven had been like the father Lane always wanted and with his actual dad back those old pains and wants came to the surface and Lane took it out on the closest source. Seven. Punching the lockers, Lane turns quickly to leave the locker rooms. He needed to apologize to Seven…and have a talk with his dad.