[Souji looks completely exhausted by this point, having spilled out the emotions and words he'd been carrying around for so long without telling anyone. His desire to protect others, to save them from their sorrow, had been an instinct Souji could never shake. Ian... Ian had always been the most troubled in their group, the one shouldering the most pain and the most sorrow. While Souji was sure he helped from time to time, he couldn't help but feel completely helpless every time Ian simply brushed off concerns.
Now, a weight seemed to leave Souji's shoulders as he moves his hand to hold Ian's comfortingly. He'd finally broken through and gotten everything out he'd wanted to say, but that didn't mean everything would be easy.]
You asked me before what the last thing I remembered was. ... when I told you, you shut down. I felt you close off to me. ... because there's something different about us, isn't there?
[He's starting off small, working with the time and memory discrepancy first.]