You wouldn't have said it if that wasn't what you were thinking.

[ He keeps his focus on the shards of glass, pushing them Ryuji's way so that he can collect them into that pile he started on. ]

I lived and died the way I did so I could be remembered. [ It seems like such a shallow dream, that all he'd wanted was to be remembered throughout time and regarded as a hero. When Ryuji admitted he hadn't heard of him it had crushed him. ] I can't resent you for thinking of me as a fairytale when I'm not even a great hero in your time.