"Yeah, I'm glad, too. Especially for Alberto's sake. I mean, I don't always get along with my parents, but they're around and they try to protect me."

Sometimes a bit too much, to the point where they were going to send him to the deep, but at least they mean well.

"Alberto didn't have anyone like that, but Massimo took him in."

So even though they went their separate ways (temporarily) because Luca went to school, Alberto still got something out of all of it. As for why he admires Alberto...an even bigger grin spreads across his face.

"Yeah, Alberto's great, isn't he? And he's so brave. He even tried to distract Ercole so I could get away, but I ended up grabbing him and pulling him onto my bike instead."

Luca wasn't going to leave Alberto in danger, after all. Not again.