"How can I do better than the man who saw me?" he asks, his voice low but so impassioned. "How can I do better than the person who looked inside that jerk who boarded this train and saw-- saw me!?" He yanks his hands right back out of his pockets to gesture at himself. "I have never been happier in my entire goddamn life than I am here with you, Koumyou! Because of you, Koumyou!"