[ The particulars, huh... a morbidly curious part of him wonders what Siobhan was trying to tell them in the meantime. ]

I will be the first to admit that it was cowardly for me to do so. As much as I had reason, it does not erase that fact, and I have no choice but to live with that shame.

[ He shrugs. ] I ask that you not think too harshly of Ayaka. It became clear after we "escaped" during the fire that she did not remember exactly what happened.