[There's less mockery than he might think. Of course, he still hasn't forgiven Mori for letting Odasaku go alone, hasn't and won't let go of that bitter core of emotion even he can't fully name, but Mori can be more than one thing, as Dazai can be. He was also someone important to Dazai, once. In some ways, he still is. You can hate just as much as you can love at the same time.]

He's implacable, honestly. Even worse than you. There's this look...

[His shudder is theatrical.]

Anyway, I'd hate to disappoint my associates. Even in a place like this.