[Not much of an answer- at least not until the boy's thumb meets his face, causing him to bow his head.]

...It is a shameful display, is it not? [he finds himself muttering quietly.]

For all of the choices I, the man Gongenzaka have made... ...I can only weep in the face of their consequences...doing nothing but that.

[One would-or at least perhaps, he would-even say he's feeling sorry for himself.

But he knows that isn't it. He knows the powerlessness trapping all of them right now, he knows what choices led them there... ...He is not sorry for himself but rather fearful, and trapped in a web of indecision.

There is nothing to be done but wait.

And it's horrifying.]