[Akihiko sure can feel the stares of the crowd, watching his execution. Great! What's next, he wonders, what other salt is going to get rubbed into his wounds next?! Akihiko grits his teeth for a moment]
Do you really think any of that is something I can forget?! I couldn't even if I wanted! All that is going to follow me forever. But that doesn't mean I'm going to grovel in front of any random girl on a random ship!
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The truth, for example?
Sounds to me like you just act selfishly and dress it up in nice words after so you can forget about it.
The crowd gasps and oohs sympathetically, but Akihiko gets the feeling it isn't him they're sympathetic towards. ]
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Do you really think any of that is something I can forget?! I couldn't even if I wanted! All that is going to follow me forever. But that doesn't mean I'm going to grovel in front of any random girl on a random ship!
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