Devero releases him entirely, but only so he can sit beside Koumyou on the bed. He's silent for a moment, considering, before finally saying, "You understand your duty, and the consequences of your actions, more thoroughly than I can. I won't damn you or absolve you of the choices you made. I can't do that.

"The past is what it is," he continues. "Whatever regrets you have now, you can't change what you did then. The only thing you can change now is what you'll do from here on out.

"So-- I guess my question to you is, what do you want to do, going forward? If the person you were before you died for your son brings you so much pain, who's the person you're going to be now?"