[Even after the truths he gave him before, the patchwork of information about himself and his situation, he wouldn't have expected Akira to agree to that. Yet Akira has agreed to much for him. He agreed Akechi can try again. He agreed that they could hang out again, less like old times but creating new times. He agreed to rely on him to some degree. True, he offered to rely on him as well but it isn't the same. Akira and his friends only hurt him in self-defense. They didn't even want to see him suffer or die. And while he didn't want things to come to the point that they did, he embraced it, because he thought there was no other choice. He always thinks that way.

But Akira both is the person he thinks is most capable of understanding him and the most incomprehensible person he has ever met. He can't help a soft laugh.]

Thank you. You know, I was exaggerating a little bit before, but I really did think you were special. I suppose you'll continue to reaffirm that even now.