[ He notes the gentleness. It's what really makes him stop fidgeting, take a moment to think it over. ]

I guess not. But since I'm the one going through it I guess that changed how I see it... [ There's nothing negative in his tone at all; absolutely nothing accusatory towards her. It still feels just far enough away to be a thought experiment, rather than something with extremely lasting consequences. ] I'm kind of afraid of things getting weepy and mopey? Not, ah— I don't mean that you have, or that this has been bad or anything, just—

[ is it a good thing that he's fumbling his way through this. probably? it'd be more weird if he was polished, maybe ]

I just... want things to be normal before I go. I can still say to the others what I need to say to them, right? They don't have to know it was for the last time, and I don't think there's anything I really need to know before I'm gone. I just want to leave them with something nice, that's all.

[ Exactly like what he was trying to do to you, Haru. Really just telling on himself here. ]