A/N: I wanted to portray a softer more vulnerable side of Clive and show his attempts to atone for his crimes as he promises at the end of Unwound Future. These amazing characters belong to LEVEL-5. Spoilers for Unwound Future.
Inspector Chemley nodded at the group as they walked into the Scotland Yard. "He's in there," he said jerking his thumb towards an interrogation room. "My thanks," Professor Layton replied. Then he, Luke Triton, and Flora Reinhold walked into the room where a sullen looking figure awaited them. "You wanted to see us?" Layton inquired. Upon hearing the Professor's voice, Clive looked up and smiled slightly. "Yes," he replied, "I owe you three my life and my sanity, if I have any left, and there are some things I want to express to you before I'm put away for who knows how long." "Like why you went crazy and tried to destroy all of London?" Flora asked. "I think you already know the answer to that," Clive replied, "No, I wanted to apologize to all of you. First of all, Professor Layton, I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you. I'm sorry for putting you in danger, for putting all of you in danger." He turned to Flora next and said, "Flora, I'm sorry for kidnapping you." "Finally," Flora muttered. Next was Luke who had been quietly staring at his hands the entire time. "Luke," Clive said softly, "I'm terribly sorry for what I did to you. I impersonated you, well the future you, and I lied to you. I lied to you all. But Luke, I'm not fit to be you and the future you will be a much better person then I can dream of being. You're already a much better person than me anyway." Looking up, Luke met Clive's eyes and saw his sincerity. "I forgive you," Luke said. The Professor and Flora looked at him, shocked. They had not even considered forgiving Clive. It was far too early and far too close to all the pain to forgive him just yet. Clive looked startled himself though it was hard to tell because he immediately buried his face in his palms and the Professor guessed he was crying. Layton and Flora, though not ready to forgive, thanked Clive for his apologies and the trio walked out of the room. Luke glanced back and his eyes met Clive's one last time.
Clive was moved to a top-security prison after his meeting with Layton, Luke, and Flora. About a week after he was surprised to hear he had a visitor. Clive was escorted to the highly guarded visitor's area and handcuffed to a table there. Across from him sat Luke Triton. Confused, Clive asked, "What are you doing here?" "Well I'm leaving for America soon but I wanted to see you before I left. I wanted you to know that I think you can change." "What makes you so sure?" Clive said puzzled. After everything he had done, how could Luke think that? "I'm not really sure. I just think you have the chance to be good, to turn your life around." "Well you're the only one who thinks so." "Don't you think so?" Luke tilted his head inquiringly. "I'm not sure." Luke stared at Clive for a while. Just when it was starting to make Clive uncomfortable, Luke finally said, "The way I see it, you realize what you did is wrong and promised to atone for your crimes. It won't be easy, but you've taken the first step." Two guards approached their table and informed the two that their time was up. "I'll keep in touch. Keep trying to be good." Luke's parting words were all Clive could think about for his next two days alone in his cell.