A friend. And that's all you wanted from the arrangement?

[Try to calm down, Akechi. This is an exercise for clarity.]

Obviously, I wasn't... thrilled with how things turned out either, of course, even if I didn't actually die. I understand why you'd be dissatisfied, and why you'd...

[Ugh. Damn the sentimentality.]

Miss me.

[Even if Ren is ridiculously sentimental for it when Akechi did so many terrible things to him and his teammates, and furthermore, this whole situation is ridiculous and—

Thoughts. Cease.]