They're all really stubborn, aren't they? Kogarasumaru's Kings.

I think . . . it might be better, if it's you and Ikki-kun talking to him. I can tune him, and I can give him the parts he'd need to not use the Flame Regalia at all. But both of those things are ones he won't accept, right now.

. . . I wouldn't really accept the second one, either.

But like this, he'll run until his legs burn out. And even if that's what he wants . . . that's when teammates are best. For not giving up on you, even if you want to give up on yourself.

He wants to run again. He's said it, and he needs to. And he will, just because you're both here.

That's a start.