[It’s an overwhelming story. Ryoji does his best to listen carefully, never interrupting and absorbing as much information as possible. From what he can gather, Soushi was doing his best to help the girl he loved… and when he became jealous…

He smiles softly.]

You made a mistake. I won’t deny that. You did manipulate her, but I’m sure it was an accident, and your emotions got the better of you. Some of things you did were on purpose… but I understand those too. You loved her and didn’t want to see her hurt, whether it was by those visions or by the other man.

[As for the death…]

Killing is a terrible thing, but… I don’t know the whole story, and I don’t have the power to judge you because of it anyways. I… I’ve done worse.

[He swallows down the swell of guilt and sadness, shakes his head.]

What I’m getting at is… I still think of you as a friend. I don’t have any proof that you meant to hurt anyone, so I still trust you. I think you deserve to have people around you, and deserve to feel close to others besides Ririchiyo-san.

If you’ll let me be your friend, after what I’ve done… then I can be yours, despite what you’ve done.