[ this again? didn't they already talk about this before?

the more kondou-san talks, the less souji understands until it doesn't make any sense to him at all. but it doesn't surprise him all the same, since it's been this way for as long as he could recall now. no matter how hard he tried to prevent it, a distance between the two of them continues to grow, and only time will tell just how far the other man will be by the end of this. ]

But you've already done so much. Anything more than that would be wasted on someone like me.

[ are they even going to get anywhere past the circular path this conversation is headed to? ]

There's nothing to apologize for, so...

[ so what? he needs to figure out what to say here but it looks like it'll take him a while. ]