We disbanded, [he says simply, but from the way he says it, it's clear it's not the only thing he's going to say. SEES disbanding in and of itself is not a most terrible thing. It was more than a little scary for them after being so deeply involved with one another for so long under the name, but with the Dark Hour gone, it was the logical next step. But Ken knows that that wasn't entirely the case. Unconsciously, by returning the armbands and Evokers and closing out the dormitory as soon as possible, they were trying to leap blindly into the future so they could forget the past, because unlike with everything else, Minato's death hadn't had an answer. And the result of that was...]

We-- [he starts, stops, and bites his lip. He takes in a slow breath and sighs it out before he continues.] We didn't know what to do after he was gone. There was no clear explanation with him, and there was nothing for us to fight after that, either. The funeral ended, school ended, and we returned our Evokes and armbands and were going to close the dorm. We thought that meant we were moving forward. But that night -- the last night we were going to spend in the dorm -- time stopped and we got trapped inside.

The Abyss of Time... while we were there, we had to face the shape of our regrets, and after that, we were given a choice. Whether we wanted to return to the past or the future. [As Ken talks, slowly but not too slowly, only carefully enunciating his every word, he raises one hand and touches his face, right over his left cheekbone and right under the same eye.] We got into a disagreement over that and we fought each other, over whether we wanted to go back and save him, or accept his death and move on.