Maybe that's exactly what he needed to hear, because on his own, he can't come up with a reason for it not to be. Ken asked Shinjiro to be there in the first place. Ken fully intended for them both to die there. Ken provoked Takaya into shooting at him first, completely on purpose.
Trying to deny it doesn't seem fair. Trying to deny it feels wrong in the same way he used to feel like letting Shinji off the hook for his mother would be wrong.
...but when he's not so sure that would be wrong, now, what does that say about this?
He swallows a sob before it can find its way out.]
...it never felt like you just...pitied me.
[Despite everything else, something in Ken always appreciated that. Two years has been more than enough time to get sick of being pitied.]
NO EXCUSE, WOW
Maybe that's exactly what he needed to hear, because on his own, he can't come up with a reason for it not to be. Ken asked Shinjiro to be there in the first place. Ken fully intended for them both to die there. Ken provoked Takaya into shooting at him first, completely on purpose.
Trying to deny it doesn't seem fair. Trying to deny it feels wrong in the same way he used to feel like letting Shinji off the hook for his mother would be wrong.
...but when he's not so sure that would be wrong, now, what does that say about this?
He swallows a sob before it can find its way out.]
...it never felt like you just...pitied me.
[Despite everything else, something in Ken always appreciated that. Two years has been more than enough time to get sick of being pitied.]