That's the thing with being offered a second chance. It isn't too late. Do you think I'd just lie there and let myself die like a dog if there was a way to still get even a scrap of what I wanted?

And I will. I'll do whatever it takes. I'll take on Shido, I'll take on God, and if I have to, I'll use the Phantom Thieves to do it.

[There's not an ounce of "power of friendship" or "my bonds give me strength" in his words or tone. If anything, he sounds a little close to unhinged - but then, he was only erased just before arriving here, with all the baggage that goes with it.]