“But if you’d never met me, you could have had a peaceful life. With no doubts or dissatisfactions. Don’t you think so?” “Maybe. But I did meet you. And we can’t undo that,” I said. “Just as you told me once, there are certain things you can’t undo. You can only go forward. Shimamoto-san, I don’t care where we end up; I just know I want to go there with you. And begin again.”