"You have no idea how difficult it was to deal with him after that," she put a hand to her head and sighed in exasperation. "He kept trying to go out despite his injuries. I was constantly having to remind he that he'd be more of a hindrance to us than an asset." Come to think of it, it would have been nice to have had Shinjiro there then as backup. Having to reign Akihiko in on her own had been quite the task.