He may have suspected it, but either way, he hardly cared. I was a convenient tool to pass between those within his conspiracy to manipulate or otherwise kill.

[And he did it. He obeyed the orders, seldom showing any resistance. It was a pitiful existence...

But Shinji's own admission draws his focus squarely back to him.]

I'm surprised to hear you lost control. That obviously doesn't erase the gravity of the situation, mind you.

[Not that he expects Shinjiro to feel that way. His own guilt is crystal clear, and there's little sense in berating him over what's long since passed.

Though, in Amada's position, he would have been just as ruthless. To lose one's mother in such a way...]