[That....is a question that freezes him. And for a moment it looks very much like he would like to weep as he had earlier, the emotion still caught in his chest.

But he nods.] .................after all, Yuuya, [He manages with a cracking voice,] ...I, the man Gongenzaka...

...did as much...just earlier, did I not? It is...

[He takes a breath in.] ...It is what we prepared for...