I never said what I was doing was a bad thing! You already know I'm not the social type, asshole. So why would I give a fuck if I push you and a thousand other strangers away? Because I don't.

[ You don't even understand where he's coming from. It's isn't like the days when you and Mai and him were out doing something together. Or combining their skills together to figure out just what Yggdrasil was up to. But it's different now. You're on a different playing field and so is Mai. He's not a part of that anymore because that time was in the past when things had been such a mess but at least . . . at least they'd been equals then, but not anymore. ]

We weren't friends, Kazuraba. I said I acknowledged your strength but that doesn't mean I accepted you as a friend. You're merely someone who was able to overcome the odds and make the necessary choices for humanity's survival.

And me? Well, I'm the monster who tried to end it all. I wouldn't do it again, no, but I still tried. I left everyone behind and went after my own agenda because that's all that mattered to me.

But now . . . now I have other things I can do, things that I want to do. I'm indulging in the things I've missed out on when I was human and doing all of that doesn't include you in the picture.