[ That is the truth of life, and it wouldn't be quite right to say he had to learn that, so much as...he had to remember it. He had to face that within himself, because in the end, he'd just been running away from his own pain, his own sorrow.

But he too can embrace happiness even in the face of loss. ]

A group of former students I had counseled, actually. They were able to reach me, even when I didn't deserve to be reached out to.

[ ...After beating his ass into the ground, as is the JRPG way. ]