If that is true, then why are you here, Yuuya? [He counters the other immediately, and this time-this time, he does take those goggles. Not with his paws-but rather, with vines that come from his back, the motion coming without thought. He waits until he can meet the other's eyes, and continues.] If it happened again, then how is it that you are here, as you?

You came through this, did you not? Is that not reason enough to work in order to make up for it, rather than dwelling upon the past? I...

[...He supposes he is being a bit hypocritical. Ah.] ...I, the man Gongenzaka...have brought my thoughts back to what I have done for far too long. ...but doing so only created more pain. And the more I held back, the more I, the man Gongenzaka, could not see what was ahead.

...Yuuya... ...if this is how you feel as well...then we must both move onward..!