[He both listens and watches Kija in silence as he replies. Which is far more than really even needs to be said, and not in a bad way. Jae-Ha wonders a little if he actually realizes something.]
That's all that I mean to say.
[He pauses, however only so brief.]
I don't care for a tale - nor anything else - that supposedly decides my fate for me. Not once in my twenty-five years have I ever. So maybe it did lead you guys to meet me, that much is true. But that didn't automatically mean I was going to join you. That was something I chose for myself.