I can kinda see why with that whole thing you've got going on, but being trash takes more than just that. There's an artistry to being a trash person that not many people appreciate.

[So he's probably playing the trash thing up more than it needs, but oh well. Clearly it's fine it it works for his point.

At the mention of memories, he tips a hand.] Nah, we just can't be told. But sometimes the new shinki remember shit on their own - just wake up knowing it - and that's all cool and we don't die a horrible demonic death because of it.