[ ...He can't help but laugh softly, huffs of breath lost in the sizzling of the meat. ]

"It's what's inside that counts," huh? It doesn't matter how I think or what I do... as long as my core holds true.

[ It's a good way of thinking about things, and allows for many many excuses. It's the same with Komaeda and his hope, his obsession with it, the way he elevates it to an ideal. ]

Yeah. That's why I like you, and why I forgive you.