It, my country's been a monarchy for so long, hundreds, thousands of years. It's going to be hard to work toward a democracy, and it would have taken way longer than I thought-- but I'm not there to do it. Maybe I am? But not me-me, you know?

[ Does he know? He doesn't know how far this theory has gone, that there's another them at home living their lives ]

I don't want to do it! I don't want to do all that work, but if I was at home? I would. I committed to it. I was going to see it through, and now I just-- just get to have my own life, with Mako and my friends and the Raccoon Room and Fritter.

[ He lets out a breath and refocuses on Vyng ]

I-- yes. I used to, a lot. I, I didn't think anyone would like me for me, so I just, just tried really hard to prove that I was worth it.

But that's not quite what you mean, is it?