Ah, you know. Because the memories just aren't enough.

[with so much sarcasm it could be venom, dripping from every single word. he lets his bangs fall down and leans back in his seat]

It's a long and complicated story. I won't tell all of it.

. . . but I was trying to protect some people who are extremely important to me, through a very risky plan that put me face-to-face with the "traitor" himself.

The plan failed.

[he failed]

[and the others would suffer for it, if he didn't somehow survive this]