[So many questions linger on Akira's mind, but... now, when they've only just met, might not be the time to ask them. Ginger is the yarn Akira wants to unravel, both because it's simply in his nature to help others and because he's the cat that wants into the forbidden locked room.

Slowly. He'll work at Ginger slowly, and maybe if he's lucky, he'll open up. Akira listens with hands on his hips, nothing like judgment on his face, though his brows pinch at the question.]

The bad ones. The ones that are rotten from the inside out. That's why I said no one's unsalvageable— the parts of themselves that are holding them back just need to be carved out and stolen away.