Even if you try not to think about it, the effects it's had on you are easy to see. At least, they are for me.

[He's so much shorter than Neku, but his tail is large and fluffy, and he wraps it around his fiance's back regardless.]

I hadn't thought much about it myself until I observed you as a waldgeist over the summer. Seeing you sit and completely dissociate until someone spoke to you made me realize that perhaps our experiences with isolation were more different than I'd initially thought.

I never really felt true remorse for what I'd done. Though the Game is a traumatic experience for some, and you arguably so, it causes growth. Your growth was so vast that the benefits heavily outweighed the setbacks, and aside from that, I'm... happy that you've changed. I'm happy to know the person that you are now.

[Here, he takes in a soft breath, his ears subconsciously lowering.]

But I find myself feeling remorse now, after seeing the long term effects, about placing you inside of a dead city for so long. Even if it was necessary to both keep you safe and obtain inside information.