[Gai's eyebrows go up, and for a moment he too is taken totally off-guard.

So she's nothing more than a puppet too, is that it?

It's both a surprise and not all at once. Suddenly he feels so much more tired, more existentially exhausted... but at the same time, this is almost more than he could have hoped for in its own strange way.]

We want to put an end to the systems that are oppressing all of the people of Kansai. I think we can do it, but it will be much easier if we have help from someone who knows exactly what we're up against.