Mmm. It's that whole situation of 'she deserved more,' yeah? I know you loved her. In a different way than what she wanted, but there was still love there. Which is the roughest part of it. And yes, I was always aware she was in love with you. She came at me with death in her eyes when I 'captured' you. Not exactly subtle.

But you can't take that kind of responsibility. Sometimes things don't go the way you'd think they were supposed to. And that's fine. Sometimes that's even better. But I think no matter what, you made her stronger. You were the first person to reach out to her, and that means a lot. Especially to a girl who probably never had the chance to explore any emotions.

No matter what happened, if I were you, I would've turned that down. Even if you weren't gone forever, hell, even if you were into her...she'd grow co-dependent. She's strong enough to stand on her own now. You're proud of her. She needs to learn to be proud of herself.

So. You did the right thing. Better than me, anyway. The one girl who liked me for some godforsaken reason I tore to shreds to make her stronger and then left her that one line in the script I gave you like it meant something. [He takes a breath out his nose.] I need to apologize to Maki and Himiko. Urgh.