[Naoki gives him the faintest of smiles, but it's dull, wan. He can't quite bring himself to take those words to heart. Not yet. He still hasn't gotten over his guilt from the Vortex World, and those events were even more out of his control.]
I blame them, too. [Quietly.]
I've... thought this before, but... [...] What's the use in having power if you can't protect people?
[It's... not really a question he expects an answer to. But it conveys well enough the sense of helplessness he feels right now, with a friend dead and laid out before him.]
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I blame them, too. [Quietly.]
I've... thought this before, but... [...] What's the use in having power if you can't protect people?
[It's... not really a question he expects an answer to. But it conveys well enough the sense of helplessness he feels right now, with a friend dead and laid out before him.]