Taro followed along, sighing. "Yeah, I thought that might be the case. It's fine. I don't have the same sort of stamina here anyway, I think." He leaned against the counter, grabbing a cookie and taking a bite, trying to think the whole situation over.

It took a few moments until he swallowed the cookie, and he stared at the partial cookie in his hand before looking up at Jaune. How to begin...

"... Have you ever had a situation where you know you did all you could, and it ended up in failure for you anyway?"