Was it? [ Akira asks, gently. ] I thought it was trying to prove that you couldn't be controlled like that anymore. I guess that's a kind of revenge. [ And now Akechi is trying to get revenge on himself, through pain and denial and all sorts of things that Akira wants to free him from.

It's not that easy, Akira supposes. Akechi's always had something to be furiously focused on. ]