"The spirit was barely aware anymore. She'd do anything you suggested in a heartbeat." [The Shadow coldly counters.] "It's so easy to manipulate people like that. Fukuta was the same, too - it didn't take much for Yuusuke to make her think she actually cared about you."
[And we're back to a look of panic, because for all his faults, he wasn't expecting that name to come up.]
...Leave her out of this.
"You'd rather run away from everything than deal with someone who cares. Push them away and they'll get hurt, or let them in and they'll still be hurt anyway - just because it's you."
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[And we're back to a look of panic, because for all his faults, he wasn't expecting that name to come up.]
...Leave her out of this.
"You'd rather run away from everything than deal with someone who cares. Push them away and they'll get hurt, or let them in and they'll still be hurt anyway - just because it's you."