My faith in people died back then, too. [Along with his sensei.] ...that's what I thought.

[Admittedly, lately, there's been— something in his heart. Not quite doubt, but... something. A sort of realization, maybe, that he hasn't quite figured out what to do with yet. Being here had complicated things a little bit.]

Innocent or guilty, everyone will get swept up in it, in the end. The world is a rotten place, rotten to the core.

[It didn't make exceptions for anyone, really. Not him, not them, not anyone.]