"...Memento Mori, right? Trust me, I know. I should've already died, but... someone died to save me, even before Minako. So I gotta live for their sa--"

But her words about his father caught him off guard, looking up at her finally with wide eyes.

"You're... the first adult who's said something like that. He's... gotten better, but..."

...But it was still painful. But someone actually saying he didn't have to-- hell, need to care about his old man, was...

"I mean... you're from Japan too, right? You know how it is."