Just because there's some kind of pattern doesn't mean it's doomed to repeat. A seamstress could sew every stitch wrong, and then finally sew a perfect coat. It's a heroic ideal not to give up, you know?

[He smiles, but there's a slight vacantness to it.]

Oh, someone of no real importance. ...That's what I'd want to say if I were being overdramatic, at least.

Osamu Dazai. And yourself?