[ he can't help it; he laughs, freely and genuinely. over a year later, it's just... he can see the humor in the situation. ]

I am alive, aren't I? Like I said, definitely could have been worse. Wanted posters were involved.

[ who knows what would have happened if alvin hadn't shown up and threw some punches for a kid like him? and to think he met milla maxwell just because he was chasing after a single piece of paper. he can't imagine what would have happened without that chance, fateful meeting. it would have saved him a lot of trouble and a lot of grief, but it also would have saved him from the self-discovery he needed to find, the path he needed to follow.

jude doesn't regret a thing. ]

But putting that issue aside... what matters most is that you know yourself better than anyone else, right? You know who you are; you know your ideals, your hopes, your dreams, your likes and dislikes and everything in between. You're Haru. No one else. Anyone who doesn't see that... well, they don't matter. You do.

And I like the Haru sitting right here in front of me. I'd like to think I see her for who she is: a kind, caring, thoughtful person.