...I don't know. I was overwhelmed by emotion. That's not usually a problem I have.

[That's where the forest's influence may have come into play, but again, Akira's not quick to brush the blame off onto anyone or anything else. He's the one who struck Solomon, the one who abandoned him to the cold.

Akira's cold fingers embrace Kurapika's.]

I was worried about him when he disappeared. He didn't tell me where he was going or why, and when I found him... I thought maybe I could stop him. Make him see reason. In the end, all I did was lash out and hurt him.