Luke doesn't know who Nicaise is, but he's grateful to him all the same, knowing Darrow has a way of doing the right thing, at least in some cases. While it can't be trusted as a whole, while he knows it's capable of terrible things, he finds relief in the knowledge that no one is left truly alone when they arrive. Everyone seems to find help in one way or another and he's especially glad that's the case when it comes to situations like Liesel's.

Children shouldn't be forced through this, but he knows he can't stop that, and so instead he does his best to be there for them whenever and wherever he can.

"Something familiar from home," he says with a smile. It's just one single item and it can't bring back her family, but he knows something as small of that can make things a little bit easier here and there. His truck, as silly as it might be, does that for him. It holds so many memories, driving with Clary over the Brooklyn Bridge, heading to his farm house. "Did he ever teach you to play?"