[Looks over at her. His breath has gotten choppier and his eyes wild. Still, he lets her words sink in. Selfish. Always selfish. Even in claiming Suzaku in the first place. Perhaps this was just another reckoning for the tendency he could never curb, no matter how many times he sought to temper it. And now those closest to him would suffer again. If only he could get those horrible visions out of his head...

He takes another breath that almost could be a rough sob

... and then loosens his hold on the key.]