"Ahhh, I'm sorry! To suggest I didn't have any wasn't my intent..." That was a bit awkward. Soo-won doubted that Kuranosuke was offended, but all the same, it would be an unfortunate miscommunication.

And then again, not even Kuranosuke was let all the way in. Soo-won didn't think anyone held that status. Perhaps that was the heart of his message: a recognition that there was no one to whom he could bare himself completely and be comfortable doing so. There was, most likely, such a thing as too guarded, and Soo-won suspected he qualified.

"What I meant was, I recognize in myself a conflict in nature, wanting more and not wanting more at the same time. Strange, isn't it. Do you ever experience that?"