[Once, Shido's name alone would fill him with rage and hatred. Now he feels...nothing.]

Heh...I've never been anyone special, really. Just a poor bastard who stumbled his way into a conspiracy while trying to get back at his deadbeat dad over his dead mom. It just happened that I was the only one who knew about it and wanted to stop it. I had just enough power to make myself useful enough to keep around, but not enough to stop him from killing me the moment I tried to get help. Honestly, it was pathetic more than anything.

[A quiet moment, then, under his breath:]

Akira was always the special one.