[If nothing else came out of today, he was glad he could get his precious coat. Kokichi smiles softly.]

...I've never really considered myself an optimist.

We were actually constantly at odds. I was a realist, he was an idealist. I was the villain, he was the hero. But...ah...perhaps so. It's a poor imitation, at any rate. He kind of had the composure to make anyone like him. I'm...

[...Well.]

...trying to be better. It's rough. I don't really want to be a villain ever again. And I don't want anyone else to suffer, either.

[That's naive and he knows it. But it's what he truly believes.]