"I know, you were carrying blanks." He remembered that and it was a small relief to know that his friend wasn't willing to kill a girl. However, that didn't make any of this right. Steve saw what happened, what he intended to do. And that... it was terrible in its own way.

"You made her attack you." Steve tried to keep his tone level, even if a part of him judged Shinju for doing something like that. If he didn't know him at all before this, his opinion of Shinju would be extremely low right now. Yes, he had been through a lot, but to go through so lengths... and to make someone else kill him. To put that kind of burden on another...

"That was selfish, Shinju." Even if it was in the past, Steve just wanted to say that much.