He winces. "Yeah. That. I... there's a logical explanation for that, even if it's not a pretty one. But yeah. I promise I didn't... actually kill anyone on that front. I've... never killed anyone, not even a guard when we were robbing a place. Maybe by accident if the guy we knocked out actually had a heart attack, but... I'm pretty sure I'm in the clear."

He's still been wrestling with the idea of Kei existing. the guy seems to have everything Taro's wanted, and still he's not satisfied. Would he be, if he got what he wanted? He's not sure.

"... You don't have to share with me if you don't want to, either. It's just... even as much as this stuff hurts... it's nice to be able to actually say stuff in the open. Not... not even my family, when I had one, actually knew. I was just a kid they adopted and then disappeared one day. ... I didn't want to hurt them by making them think their relationship was with someone who wasn't really who they though they were. ... Like the family I have here."