[He needs to get better at dissociating, like Souji! Who has already boxed that up and tucked it far away so he doesn't have to look at it...]

...There didn't even seem to be any point to it, this time. Normally, people will receive-- tokens or items, things of use, yes? At least, that's the way it was in the castle.

[But they really just got chewed up and spit out and for WHAT.]