[Soft. It's not something he would have applied to himself before. ]

Guess it kind of rubbed off on me, yo. I mean, if I was told to kill everyone at the get go, I would have.

[ But... he got attached. The memories with the dead stayed and he had to actually slow down and deal. ]

Boa, Chuuta, Ren, Ichigo, Tal and the others... they gave me something I didn't have before. And I want to protect it for as long as can.