[Funny, that idea of deserving bad things is familiar]
No one deserves to have bad things happen to them. [Idly, since he knows she probably agrees with him at least in relation to Ushiro] Not giving up though is definitely the right thing to do. You can get through to anyone with time, so long as you don't give up.
[Note to self, don't tell Akito this, otherwise the light's going to call him a hypocrite and bother him all day about it]