[ it's likely something but ken isn't going push it any further. he'll respect whatever he's told or not told. boundaries are things that exist for reasons and even though the compliment makes him happy, he'll still down play it some. ]
You heard what my senpai said, right? He's the tough one.
I'm sure I would still be running if he hadn't said anything to me. [ maybe. debatable. ] Shinjiro-san was his childhood friend.
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It's nothing.
[even now, he respects Akechi's privacy]
You're really tough, you know that? For being so strong despite how painful it must've been.
[to watch Shinjiro die like that]
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You heard what my senpai said, right? He's the tough one.
I'm sure I would still be running if he hadn't said anything to me. [ maybe. debatable. ] Shinjiro-san was his childhood friend.
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[nobody can go through life alone, after all. Akira knows that better than most]
. . . he must have been hurting so much to have lost him. But he also must have cared about you a lot to seek you out like that.
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[ since it sounds like akira totally has experience with that sort of thing?? ]
But, yeah, that's why Sanada-san is so amazing. He's really the coolest person that I know—I really look up to him and wanna be like him.
[ but also be less dense than akihiko because ken is not blind. ]