In my twenty-one years, I had become quite skilled at forming a troubled smile. Dz•–ƒ”–‡†–Šƒ–‰”‘—’Ǥdz Dz‘—…ƒǯ–„‡•‡”‹‘—•Ǩ‘™ƒ››‘—ǯ†’—––‘‰‡–Š‡”ƒ„—…Š‘ˆ•–‹…-in- their-ass creeps like that! I thought that you were more low-key and just ™ƒ–‡†–‘Šƒ˜‡ˆ—ƒ†”‡Žƒš‡˜‡”›†ƒ›ǡ„—–‰—‡••‹•Œ—†‰‡†›‘—Ǩdz Dz‘ǡ”‡ƒŽŽ›ƒ•‡”‹‘—•Ǥdz ‘—•—‡ǯ•ˆƒ…‡ǡ™Š‹…ŠŠƒ†–™‹•–‡†‹‘…”ƒ‰‡ǡ‘™–™‹–…Š‡†ǡŠ‹• crossed arms unfolding. Dz-†‘ǯ–™‘””›ǡ‡˜‡‹ˆ›‘—”‡ƒŽŽ›™‡”‡–Š‡‡˜‹Ž…‘ƒ†‡”‘ˆ–Šƒ– wicked group, I would never stop being your friend. I would bury you in the name of justice, with my own two handsȄ‘ƒ›ǡ™Šƒ–ǯ•™‹–Šthat ˆƒ…‡ǫdz Dzǯ•‡”‹‘—•Ǥdz DzǥŠƒǫdz Dzǯ„‡‹‰•‡”‹‘—•Š‡”‡Ǥ‡ƒ†ƒˆ”‹‡†™Š‘ǯ•‘Ž‘‰‡”ƒ”‘—† ƒ…–—ƒŽŽ›•–ƒ”–‡†–Šƒ–‰”‘—’Ǥdz DzǥŠƒ–ƒ”‡›‘—•ƒ›‹‰ǫdz He was staring at me slack-jawed, his ‡›‡•™‹†‡”–Šƒǯ†‡˜‡”•‡‡ them. I got the feeling that if I looked back at him for too long he would start thinking I was joking, so I averted my gaze slightly. DzŠ‡”‡ǯ•ƒŽ‹––Ž‡‘”‡–‘–Šƒ–ǡ–Š‘—‰ŠǤdz Dzǥ‡ŽŽǡ‘ƒ›ǡŽ‡–ǯ•Š‡ƒ”‹––Š‡ǡ‰—‡••ǡdz•ƒ‹†ousuke, making it obvious that though he was listening, he was still skeptical. Despite all his posturing, though, I knew that Tousuke was a good person deep down and would listen carefully to what I had to say. Without any reservations, I told him about my connections with Moai. This was the first time I had ever told this whole story to anyone. Because this was the first time, I decided to tell the story simply, starting out with just the important points. First, I explained the current state of Moai. As far as I was aware, all of the founding members of the Moai that Akiyoshi and I had founded were now all gone. However, the Moai that had persisted afterward was not the Moai that we had founded. —”ˆ‘—†‹‰‹†‡ƒŽ•‘ˆDz„‡…‘‹‰–Š‡’‡‘’Ž‡™‡™‹•Š‡†–‘„‡ǡdzƒ† the idea that we would only act in the way that represented all of our ‡„‡”•ǯ‹–‡”‡•–•ǡŠƒ†ƒŽ”‡ƒ†›ˆƒ†‡†Ǥ†‹†ǯ–‘™–Š‡†‡–ƒ‹Ž•‘ˆ‹–ǡ„—––Š‡