[ Wow. Akira's blunt candor makes him smile, because that's exactly how it was and Akira doesn't try to justify the behavior or anything like that. He did what he did, that's it. ]

Yeah. We were teammates, but we weren't able to become friends. We got along and everything, but you don't need to be friends to work well together.

[ Gestures at Rio and Jiro and all these really independent people in their team, who might not be here to make friends and that's alright. ]