Nah, that's not true. Didn't y' know that I'm the reason everything bad happened t' Izō?

[ this isn't strictly true since the circumstances of the world they grew up in at the time definitely contributed, but ryouma's leaving was the catalyst for the rest. ]

It'll never go away and I'll never be forgiven for it, so the way things are is exactly what I deserve. The funny part is where if I'd brought him along, I probably would've saved his life and mine, but there's nothin' for it now.