Eiji hits the wall hard, but it's probably for the best because Ankh really is right; he doesn't listen unless someone is physically beating the lesson into him. And it's a particularly brutal one--Ankh's fear of fire is tied to his fear for him.

"I..."

For a minute, he has no idea what to say or do. Because much as he hates to admit it, yeah, he's the broken one. He was broken a long time ago, and he's only ever just been getting by. He says he'll try to do better, and he does try, but he never gets better. He does the same things, he picks at the scabs when they should be healing, and he flinches at the scars when they show so plainly on him.

And suddenly, without realizing it, he's on the other side of the arguments they've had from the start. What does Ankh see in him? What's so special? Why does he keep trying to bring him back?

And without even thinking about it, he parrots Ankh's words from then: "I didn't ask for you to fix me!"