Ah... I somehow had a feeling that was the case. Or I guess... I simply knew about it, in a way. My memories of everything from back then are hazy, but I think I still observed you guys... without actually being there the way I am now.

[And likewise, Okita. It's not actually a surprise for him, and all in all, Ryoji stopped blaming himself about that longer while ago by now.]

I already told you that I'm sorry about that once before, though. All I can do is hope that you've forgiven me about it. As unfortunate as it all was, I am still convinced that the Animus needed to manipulate our wills during the whole thing. We shouldn't take anything that happened back then that much to heart, should we?

[And well... as Souji mentions the last part, Ryoji turns his gaze elsewhere, suddenly feeling a bit embarrassed.]

It would be kind of hard to forget... but I wasn't intending to kill myself there, you know.