[It's uncomfortable, but he doesn't complain. He doesn't want Kazuya to think that he's hurting Naoya. He lets out a long breath and closes his eyes.]
There were other options. I didn't think them as important as the one I offered, and I trusted that you would see sense. Maybe in some version of events you took them, but... I know you. I knew you'd want to save as many people as you could.
[Atsuro's idea had been... interesting... but it would have still left the government with too much power over the situation. Getting rid of the demons would have been the same. As for fleeing... he didn't help raise a coward.]
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There were other options. I didn't think them as important as the one I offered, and I trusted that you would see sense. Maybe in some version of events you took them, but... I know you. I knew you'd want to save as many people as you could.
[Atsuro's idea had been... interesting... but it would have still left the government with too much power over the situation. Getting rid of the demons would have been the same. As for fleeing... he didn't help raise a coward.]