[It's all kind of a mess. What Rohan said is true; the reasons Kira kills and the reason they kill here are different and he can't let himself fall into the trap of thinking they aren't but maybe now that he's gotten a small taste of it, he can't be quite so objective. If it's all the same thing in the end, if it's the same uncontrollable, unbearable ache in the back of his mind, the endless noise, the emptiness when... ugh. Everything is all so complicated. There's a tangled part of himself that he can't quite get at and every time he thinks he's worked out where all the threads are going, he comes across another knot.

But he's right. This isn't the time for that kind of conversation.

Josuke strokes the top of Money's head for comfort, sighs, and then turns back to Kira.]

... yeah. Like I said, it's different for everyone but you should figure it out.

[After a moment's thought, he retrieves the kitten- who, for once, has gone quiet but for a little, motor-like purr- and carefully holds him out. The topic and normalcy of their meeting has lowered his guard in a way that's made him feel oddly vulnerable and more sentimental than he really should.]

Do you wanna say goodbye first? [And then, getting a grip on himself-] I don't know why I've even let you stay this long. Holiday spirit, I guess.