[ maybe he just knows him too well by now. maybe it's Akechi who's not used to it. he was trying to be mindful of Akechi's feelings, but the situation called for something more straight forward. ]

Sometimes the chains that hold you down are your own.

I thought that you might be running from what you thought we were when you were consumed by the illusion, but that didn't strike me as right.

[ the signs were there, and Ren had danced along with them. he was good at Akechi's game, but that left the truth as something easy to avoid when it was convenient. ]

I thought about it, and I think that what you want is within arm's length, and you don't know what to do with it.

So, what now? Are you going to run from me forever?