"I know you wouldn't!" Yuya waves his hand quickly to dismissive it. And then he looks at Strange sadly, despite the slight smile. "Lambert said that about himself."

The scars from being forced into a Witcher run deeply. Yuya wonders how long Lambert has felt hated and othered, to guard his heart with it and if anyone reached out to him before the carnival. It makes his chest hurt.

And what he doesn't say is implied in his tone: Lambert doesn't have a lot of love for himself.