[He'll hold fast, because that's what they do--hold on to each other through the trembling of emotion and all else, to support one another. He knows it's not the first time he's had someone he could have called friend, but this is the first time he's acknowledged it.]

Fully. Humanity is flawed; no one knows that better than us. But that doesn't mean it should be wiped out. It won't be. It can't be. Not as long as there are those who fight.

You fight, Akira. Even if you don't live to see the effects of your work, it matters that you made the effort.

Look at it this way--if I'm to be the Champion of Denial, then I will deny the supposed fate of your world's humanity and will a new one into existence.