[...??? ??? What is "deserving something good" have to do with anything?? He just looks at Zidane quizzically before he sits down and continues. At that he remains motionless as if in thought before he sets down his glass and cross his arms over his chest.]

It happens. Someone has the better advantage and even I can miss something. In this case they were determined and had an opportunity I couldn't prepare for.

[Namely...protecting Gran. But he would have made the same choice even if he had known how it would play out.]