If they could understand, then it means they've been in a similar situation. And I don't want that for any of them. [ One of them had approached it on a much smaller scale, but still more than most, and that in itself had been heartbreaking to realize. ]

If it means they condemn me, then they've still got it in them to make their worlds and the lives of the people around them better.

[ It will never get easier. It will never, ever get easier. ]

... What's a life to your standards mean, Akechi-kun?