[That's... not what Wataru expects at all. He blinks, eyes owlish, expression open. Then he stands up again and walks toward the guard.]

You really do know about me... No, he's not threatening me. He did that a long time ago, you know. He was really hurting, so he hurt everyone else. I don't know how to explain it... I don't really want to excuse anything he did. He has a very long way to go to make it up to everyone.

[He furrows his brow.]

Eichi and I had a talk, one day. I was sitting on the rooftop, you see, and some of the other students thought I was going to jump. I'd been accused of some terrible things, though rather quietly, and I honestly... [He blinks away tears. They're a bit fake, but not entirely.] ...if Eichi hadn't come to me then, I might've done it. You know, jumped. We found out, through talking, that we had some things in common, and I decided then and there that if someone like Eichi Tenshouin could save me, I could save others.

[He smiles, bittersweet.]

We bargained a little, here and there. It was I who asked him to form the unit, though, not the other way around. I auditioned properly and everything. In doing so, I tamed the beast of Yumenosaki.