[Always here to be a pal, except right now apparently where he's taking out his own problems on Phoenix. Ryou's eyes are boring into Phoenix, eerily blank, but he doesn't seem surprised by the answer.]

...You got what you wanted, that's why you don't regret it, right? But if you failed, you'd feel differently. I'm sure if I had been able to bring Amane back, I'd feel differently too.

But at least Mei-chan gets to bring her sister back. [And then Ryou smiles the most bitter, almost spiteful smile he's ever worn. At least he looks more alive.]

I think I'm starting to finally understand how this place works. They give us sympathetic motives, so we feel bad for the murderers too. That's why nothing's black and white.

They do it on purpose.