[He shrugs. Delivered as a joke, meant as a life tenet.]

Sure I'm sure. 'Course, I didn't mean, not think through engagements or important shit like that. I meant, everything else, you know? One of the only things I picked up from my late esteemed father is that there's no sense thinking about things you can't do anything about.

[He takes the last sip of sake in his cup and leans over to grab the bottle from where it's sitting close to Hikaru. In deference to his friend/boss' attempt to keep him from getting drunk, he only half-fills his cup.]

It's just that for so long, everything seemed like something I couldn't do anything about. So, heck, why think about it?

[He lights up a cigarette.]

I'm sure that you, having lived this long, can identify somehow. It's why I suspect you throw yourself into everything you can. So you don't get bored. Because when smart people such as you get bored, their mind goes into playback mode. And it's always easier to play back the bad than the good.

I'm talking too much, huh. Great sake, Hikaru-kun.

[And because he's a dork like that, hums Dancing Through Life.]