I beg to differ. [Dazai immediately responds.] If you absolutely, desperately need to be alone, I can go, but I'm fairly certain right now that would do more harm than good - and you can go, but I get the feeling that your words are saying something that your actions aren't. So that's more of a last resort than anything. And even then, I refuse to accept that nothing good will happen if I continue associating with you, or that ADA will be damaged.

[He steps forward a bit. He still doesn't take his hands out of his pockets, because he's not being threatening right now. The last thing he wants is for her to feel cornered.]

Let's talk this out, shall we? Just you and I.