[ Akira sits next to him, letting his knee go wide to knock against Akechi's. He doesn't do much more than that. ]

I know. It's just hard to believe, right now. [ He's been making mountains out of molehills so long that he can't climb them himself anymore. He'll see Maruki; he'll see his friends. He'll wake them up. He just... needs another day of it just being Akechi.

Not that he's doing very well at that, either. ]

I'm still having trouble believing you haven't gotten mad enough to just punch me, yet.