[ It's probably not what Ken wants to hear, and it's not particularly subtle either, but.. well, Shinjiro has never been a particularly big fan of being subtle. Besides, it's a point that he really has to get through to Ken's head before something dangerous decided to pop up in wherever-the-hell-ville they are right now. ]
You've still got plenty of your life left. You'll figure it out. [ "So don't give up so easily", he tries to say, but.. well, it's.. Shinjiro, okay. He's trying. This much is already trying quite a bit for his standards. ]
Are you really gonna let your whole life depend on an asshole like me?
[ Sure, he knows he did wrong. He knows he messed up big time. He fucked up Ken's entire life with his actions, and there's no reversing it, there's no forgiving himself for it. But even so, he wants to do all he can (now he can again, for some reason, after bleeding out on the cold pavement) to at least set Ken's mind straight. So he can live on despite the past.
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[ It's probably not what Ken wants to hear, and it's not particularly subtle either, but.. well, Shinjiro has never been a particularly big fan of being subtle. Besides, it's a point that he really has to get through to Ken's head before something dangerous decided to pop up in wherever-the-hell-ville they are right now. ]
You've still got plenty of your life left. You'll figure it out. [ "So don't give up so easily", he tries to say, but.. well, it's.. Shinjiro, okay. He's trying. This much is already trying quite a bit for his standards. ]
Are you really gonna let your whole life depend on an asshole like me?
[ Sure, he knows he did wrong. He knows he messed up big time. He fucked up Ken's entire life with his actions, and there's no reversing it, there's no forgiving himself for it. But even so, he wants to do all he can (now he can again, for some reason, after bleeding out on the cold pavement) to at least set Ken's mind straight. So he can live on despite the past.
(It's the only thing he can do.) ]