[He's free too but he doesn't want to. He might be mad at Deku right now, but he keeps his promises and he promised to make things different between them.

He pulls his hand back to his chest, it's bruised and a little bloody, but thanks to Deku's spell, he doesn't really feel it.

In his heart of hearts, he knows Deku is right. But he still values his pride and independence to such an extent that he can't just drop them so quickly, even if there's a path of less resistance staring him in the face. Not when he still wants to believe he can do this.

Maybe Deku would be smarter.

Damn, it really would be great if All Might were here. He's somehow able to be help place the first few bricks down of the bridges they need to close gaps.]

No quirk? Some shitty moonlight makes me lose my shit? Feels pretty fucking weak to me, Deku.

[He drops back onto the edge of the tub.]

I'm doing this my way. I'm not just going to give up that quickly.