We've never been much of a family. ... not for a long time, at least.

[Even before, they'd been close. So very close to each other, but that was... lost, now. No one else had looked out for them. And Takatora, what had he done? Slipped away, tried too hard, and failed to understand the brother who was no longer the brother he had loved so dearly.

Takatora grasps at his brother's back, his heart twisting uncomfortably.]

Stay with me, for now. Help me save who we can. Help me protect people. ... when it's over, I'll pay you with your freedom.