Hahah, I guess I do, huh? It's been some nine months, but I knew on day one.

[He makes that noise again. This one's even less of a proper laugh--it's more like a cross between a huff and a wheeze, soaked through with bitterness.]

You wanna know a funny joke though, Ju-chan? [yes. ju-chan. that's who you are now.] Isn't it really fucking funny to get everything you ever wanted and still want more? Like, what the fuck.