I know. [Most of his most precious people weren't romantic at all--and one of the two he'd never really wanted to pursue, anyway.] I've always been the problem, anyway. I love some amazing people, but I was never really as good as them. Kano was the only one I didn't feel like I needed to be better around, and--

[He stops, shoulders slowly sinking.] Anyway, if we have to fight, I think we understand that's... how it's going to go. None of us want to give up on the other. So I'll just do what it takes to give them the best life I can.

[Even if it means removing himself.]