It's... [he hesitates, biting his lip. Then he sighs, letting his shoulders droop] It's completely one-sided. He doesn't see me that way, but at least I don't think there's anyone in the universe he could ever see that way. In a way, Genos was right, I'm not good enough.

[He looks down, clenching his hand into a fist] But I don't believe in giving up, and I know that if I don't try, if I don't keep going, then I really never will be good enough. Someday, I will be strong enough to defeat him, even if it takes a thousand years.