"I'm a failure too." It's a painful truth and if Inigo believes that about himself, Taiki doesn't know enough about him or his past to be able to refute it. But he know he cannot hate Inigo for a thing such as that.

"If I were to hate you for that then I would be a hypocrite." Failure wasn't always a choice, it was very rarely a choice. Taiki knows all too well what it is to throw everything at a problem, only to see everything fall to pieces around him.

He met Inigo's sad gaze with one of his own. "Even if you have failed, I don't think anyone who knows you at all wouldn't be able to say that they were certain you tried your best."

Sometimes it is not enough. But he fully believes that Ingio gave everything he had, he doesn't seem the type of person who wouldn't.