So yours suits you, too. [Defiant. Isn't that what he led the other Phantom Thieves into being? He encouraged their defiance, encouraged their rebellion against the world. They even rebelled against the easier, simpler ways of solving problems—the methods that he took himself.

He takes up another pair of tots, stabbing one after another, and chews them thoughtfully. A number of scenarios come to mind, and he looks like he's thinking, throat eventually moving as he swallows down the potato bits.]

I always said the Phantom Thieves were forcing their wills on others. [And they were. Even if they didn't deploy Akechi's ugly way of doing it, they still did it.] How will it feel when someone needs that encouragement? That boldness? [Will you do it again? Even if it's a different means of action ... it may have its use. Its purpose.

And Akechi wonders what would happen if they used their abilities in tandem, though it's unlikely that Ren would ever agree to such a thing.]