It feels like these giving hints and taking it back is her way for him to chose whether he wants to change a little to be able to be side by side with her or chose a path which he'll never change and be burned along the way.
I have a feeling that drive knight is the mad cyborg because just reading "Mad" meaning a crazy personality, meaning that person is so good at lying he convinced himself that that lie is true. Much like that one character in attack on titan.
@SuperOniichan IKR, just like what a karen/kevin would do in IRL. I've had enough watching karen related videos in a day just because of the algorithm and now I get to read these comments LMAO.