[ this is what happens when you're a sheltered rich boy lol ]

...Okay, but they're all dead now, right? [ That's obviously a rhetorical question, so he continues on, voice somber. ]

This is why I said I couldn't finish my letter to Ryou earlier... I can't really get what I want to say across very well.

[ He sighs. He hates feeling like this, he hates no longer being able to trust in so many things he believed in wholeheartedly. ]

What happened, happened. But you know what? After hearing all that, I was thinking we needed to think more about ourselves and what we want to believe in...without the influence of those who hurt us. So they can't lord it over us even when they're not around.

[ Finally, he lets go of his hair. ]

That...still doesn't sound quite right, though. Because if we could do all that, we wouldn't be here like this.