Sunday, after the execution.

[He shakes his head.]

I offered to fight him, but he turned me down. But...I'm sure that he's not going to just let Akira get away with anything. And if he knows that people are rallying around him...

[He's silent for a moment, his eyes looking far away before snapping back to the present.]

...Then he'll go after people he feels are close to Akira. And I'm his partner.