[If only...At least it ends with the destruction of the Dresden Slate? That's basically the only good thing to come out of this.]

I...guess I wanted to hear you say that it was probably better this way. [He freezes and then pouts at Izumo.] Mean, Kusanagi-san! [Calling him a pain in the ass and then...saying he was good for Mikoto. That sounds like a different kind of relationship than the one they had.

He scratches the back of his head.]

Because...someone brought it up, a few years ago. [He kind of wants to tell Izumo, but also...he doesn't want to let him know that he's known for three years that this would happen someday.]