Lucky you. You're right, though - if it'd been true, she'd have had to listen. Sounds better than just running back in late and getting told off for it.

[He's not clarifying who that happened to. Clearly it wasn't him. It was, but he's sure it was Akechi too, from the sound of it.]

Isn't anyone's? It's... [He actually slows down, to think about his words more in between shots.] ...harder when there's no one with you. You're on your own. You only have yourself to rely on.

[It's easy to just - assume that even if he's not the same Goro Akechi, he'd at least be able to understand that part. He doesn't have to say how it happened, or what happened next.]