[ To get to this point, Kondou has needed to take a long journey, more figurative than literal. Being alone because of his death penalty was one thing, but it was the process with which he'd had to process everything that had happened with Souji and the other members of the Shinsengumi which had been the most difficult.
No matter what, there would always be things that Kondou needed to apologise for. Both his actions back at home and, inevitably, the ones here. He was a man prone to making errors in judgement. While he thought that something was the right path at the time, often it turned around on him and became a complete disaster. Now... wasn't exactly one of those times. He didn't want to apologise, because an apology wouldn't fix this.
Instead, he'd taken the time to consider things from Souji's point of view. Why he'd chosen to take the path that he did, why he went there in the first place. He'd had to grapple with the idea that some of it may have been his fault, that he may have forced him to go that way. There was much they needed to discuss.
It was what brought Kondou out to the harbour that evening, ignoring the way that the rain soaked into his skin, as he finally saw a familiar figure not too far away. It had taken too long to get to this point - and no more. ]
w16, d3
No matter what, there would always be things that Kondou needed to apologise for. Both his actions back at home and, inevitably, the ones here. He was a man prone to making errors in judgement. While he thought that something was the right path at the time, often it turned around on him and became a complete disaster. Now... wasn't exactly one of those times. He didn't want to apologise, because an apology wouldn't fix this.
Instead, he'd taken the time to consider things from Souji's point of view. Why he'd chosen to take the path that he did, why he went there in the first place. He'd had to grapple with the idea that some of it may have been his fault, that he may have forced him to go that way. There was much they needed to discuss.
It was what brought Kondou out to the harbour that evening, ignoring the way that the rain soaked into his skin, as he finally saw a familiar figure not too far away. It had taken too long to get to this point - and no more. ]
Souji.