[Josuke knows there will always be a part of the world—this one and any other—that's dark and terrible and comprised of the stuff that fuels nightmares. He came to terms with that a long time ago, though.

These days, that realization is what serves to steel his heart, to make his resolution stronger. Killing...will forever be a last resort. Even when face-to-face with someone who'd gladly take his life.

Or when sitting next to someone who simply has the ability to do so.]

Science umbrella...? [...] When you put it that way...

[Josuke shakes his head.

There's no doubting it—how complicated things must be for Kaneki. And then Ken tells Josuke the truth about that date and the younger teen's eyes widen a little. At having been lied to. Though he gets why. And also the nature of that truth. How frightening it must have been to go through that.

And suspicions confirmed—Kaneki didn't ask for any of it. Of course he didn't. ]

So...the transplant...was that deliberate, then? Or was it purely an accident that you wound up with ghoul organs?

[He finally looks at Kaneki, but despite all the differences—the change in build, the different color hair, that strange eye—he's not staring. He's just looking at his friend. Trying his best to...to understand all of this.

Though that bit about food...it's starting to make sense. Josuke can't recall having ever seen Kaneki eat anything. He'd only ever seen him down coffee. Really...really nasty coffee.

...what's the deal with that?]