[ ... and somehow, that gets his expression to soften a little. It's just the smallest bit, but it's a change. Akechi's quiet, arms folded. He's thinking too much again, the thoughts all jumbled up in his head. He doesn't know what, exactly to feel. Happy? Satisfied?
Angry, that he wasn't the one to bring Shido down?
The more he thinks on it, the more he realizes it's all three. Some, more than the others. And mingled in is disappointment. He'll never see Shido's downfall for himself. Always, he will be a missing person. The Thieves would never be able to tell what happened, would they? No--because that's insane. They'd never be listened to, especially after Ak-- Kurusu's record and the fact that, in the end, they're all just... outcasts. Outcasts brought together inexplicably by a single person.
... ]
Oh, even I could have told you that.
[ Of course he could have. Akechi knows Shido better than anyone.
... doesn't he? ]
I'm not surprised you managed to do it. You've always been persistent. All of you. So stubborn... in the end, it did work for you, didn't it.
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Angry, that he wasn't the one to bring Shido down?
The more he thinks on it, the more he realizes it's all three. Some, more than the others. And mingled in is disappointment. He'll never see Shido's downfall for himself. Always, he will be a missing person. The Thieves would never be able to tell what happened, would they? No--because that's insane. They'd never be listened to, especially after Ak-- Kurusu's record and the fact that, in the end, they're all just... outcasts. Outcasts brought together inexplicably by a single person.
... ]
Oh, even I could have told you that.
[ Of course he could have. Akechi knows Shido better than anyone.
... doesn't he? ]
I'm not surprised you managed to do it. You've always been persistent. All of you. So stubborn... in the end, it did work for you, didn't it.