[ The laughter is - well, it's more than enough for him to find acceptable. It's better than nothing, even if he flinches from it, unable to gauge where Kagari's whimsical moods will take them next. It's not as though he can escape from the cell, they're locked in here, together.

This boy reminds him of Just, and the resemblance brings him just enough terror and nausea that he has to sit on the edge of his bunk, unable to stop his knees from quaking - unwilling to allow Kagari to gain any more ground with these accusations and wicked words. ]

We're not the same. I never said that you and I were the same - only that you were not the sole pariah.

[ Those his tone is frigid, his resolve has not weakened -- ]

I will never know who you were, in that world you came from. You will never know who I was, in mine. So, we may continue to discuss this - you may continue to challenge me, but my word stands: I will ensure your safety. There is no alternative. Judging you by your words, Kagari - you know the same to be true.

Either you are what you were born for, or you are nothing.