[He's quiet at first, pondering Akira's words in silence, only speaking right before it becomes too uncomfortable.]

It's a nice memory.

[He tries to imagine it in his mind.]

An interesting way to want to be able to use a knife, true. Still, it's very you somehow to want to do that with an activity most would consider typical and mundane. You can probably guess why I wanted to use a sword.

[Flashy and sentai-like. Akechi was a nobody so everything about his fake personality and his metaverse was a constant reminder to the world that he existed and wanted to be noticed.]

We should go fishing before you become a demon.