I don't believe you need anything from me, Isaac. You fight for everything goddamned thing you do. But there is no sense in you redoubling efforts I am already making. I have to make food for my own purposes, so why should you not also benefit from that, so that you can devote more of your time to your other efforts?

[Hector is half-exasperated that he has to explain specialization, a basic pillar of human society, to Isaac, and half-saddened that Isaac probably doesn't believe he can allow himself to rely on anyone else. He presses on.]

It is not pampering for me to be on guard of an enemy we've both run foul of. It would be foolhardy for me not to be.

[He leans back and lifts an eyebrow at Isaac.]

As for 'waiting on you' and 'bathing and dressing' you, I haven't proposed that. Granted, I think you could benefit from giving yourself a break; that is true of almost anyone. If you allowed yourself a massage, or a nice bath, I bet you'd be twice as productive in the lab as you've been while driving yourself to exhaustion.

[Gods, if Isaac would consent to allow Hector to pamper him, just for an hour, Hector absolutely would do it. Because Isaac doesn't need anyone to care for him, but Hector needs someone to take care of.]