[Akira moves at once to scoop him up and hug him closer. He needs a minute to organize his thoughts; the world still has a lot of fuzzy haziness for him to sift through.]

Sorry for scaring you. Just listen.

The operation at the end of Sae's Palace was altered.

...Goro wasn't there as planned, but someone else. And the drugs they used on me during the interrogation... Compared to another Akira I've met, the dosage they gave me was probably much, much higher. I don't really remember much.

Then there's the case of entities called Noise eating at me back home.

As a result of the drugs, my sense of reality and the passage of time was completely shot. My center of balance is also still damaged.

The fact that I'm cognizant at all right now is an improvement. It took a few weeks to even return to this state.

Just by being by my side all this time, you've helped me a lot.