"I ain't ridin' the blame-coaster with you, Mitsuru. We could go back and forth all day and I ain't got time for that shit." It wasn't that he had anything pressing he was working on, of course, they'd only just arrived, but sitting on his ass and twiddling his thumbs was something better to do than go down this particular road and he wasn't about it.

"Every single one of us had a choice. Aki chose, I chose. Sounds like you were the only one who didn't get the benefit. It ain't like you twisted my arm. Aki did, and it wasn't for you, or the Kirijo group." He breathed a sigh. "Aki stayed on 'cause he had the power to protect people, and he wasn't about to let them get hurt on his watch again. I joined to watch his back. If it wasn't you, it would've been something else, somebody else."

"Yeah, well, now you got time with nothin' else takin' your attention." And he meant to make sure she took it. "I'm checkin' out the apartments. You comin'?"