[He's been asking himself that for seventeen years, Juno. He hates Sybil and Japan for ruining his life, but he hates himself just about as much. It's hard not to wonder just what's wrong with you, when you grew up with the knowledge that your very existence is somehow a threat to the order and stability of society.]

How about cops who're latent criminals hired to hunt down their own kind?

[That's punctuated with a wink at his impromptu roommate. Yeah, this story doesn't get any less horrifying, but Kagari says it like it's something funny. Kagari's never had any control over anything in his life, but telling it this way is a sort of power in its own right. He's been through hell, but he's here now. Alive. Free. Japan is gone forever, and with it, Sybil.]

It's shitty, but it's worked for something like twenty-plus years. Heard there's all kinds of wars and shit goin' on outside Japan.

[Another shrug. He sort of spreads his hands like, what're you gonna do, right.]

Sounds like shit was rough where you're from too, huh?