[ a small intake of breath, like there's an answer but he himself doesn't like ]

... they blamed it on someone staying at the orphanage. But it wasn't her fault. [ immediate and adamant ] But if they already distrusted someone there, and then I got caught in what they saw as a horrible accident... they can think I'm Death's puppet because of the mark left on me.

[ but. ]

I don't know, but I wish I got a chance to find out. If I wasn't scarred, then I could still try to find love in the same trial and error as everyone else. Instead of... error error error.