You had your reasons, didn't you? And those reasons... don't exist anymore.

[Something about his tone and even his expression suggest that he's not entirely confident about that. Maybe he just wants to believe it. Maybe he's worried about seeing that belief betrayed. But here he is, trying all the same.]

Everyone has things in their past that they're not proud of, Chuuya-san. And nobody can make those things go away. All that matters is being determined every day to make it better than the previous one, and the one before that, and the one before that.

I don't think you're a bad person at all, Chuuya-san. Even if you're a very strong fighter, I think you have a gentle heart.