"I've known him for a while, Mitsuru. I've got an idea." He shook his head. He'd met the guy at the hospital after his check-up, and he'd been in contact with him before that. He knew how stubborn Akihiko could be. "He's too busy focusing on bein' the hero and not enough on just bein' there." He'd been like that since the fire. SEES just gave him an outlet.

And Shinjiro was acutely aware of how hypocritical he sounded making that observation, but that didn't mean he was going to admit it.