[ maybe he should be a little more selfish, considering who he's talking to ]

Other people think differently. They think we're selfish and cruel. You saw it. But I'm going to stand by my team, no matter what they think.

[ despite insecurity week, he is firm on that. he's not an innocent bystander. he accepts that people are angry, and they can't ask forgiveness, but they can do whatever they can to help everyone, too. ]

We've asked and looked for other ways. Ruby told me that there's nothing we can do alone. From what she said, I think maybe there's people who can help us. But even then, we can't just hope and wait for them. We have to try to save everyone that we can, in the way that we can. Even if it's hard. Even if everyone here, no matter how we try to avoid it, has someone who loves them. [ like they love shenhe. like everyone loved buzen and matsui, and began to accept rang. like eiden loved yakumo. like he loved rin. it would be worse, he thinks, if he didn't acknowledge that. ]

I'm still sorry. It's okay to be mad. [ even if he promised forever that he wouldn't be ]