[ He's taking a moment to take that in then, and you'll see enough, the cues: the curl of his fingers into a loose fist, the way his eyes glance away before he closes them and sighs. ]

I'm sorry, man. [ He knows it's done, but you know him well enough to know that it still matters. He's not as explosive as he could be about this though -- that might be because of today, coupled with the fact that he knows that you had a better life. ] I know this'll sound harsh -- or not -- but, good riddance.

[ A pause though, then: ] So...Kuzunoha is... a name you took for yourself?

[ His Japanese vocab is not that big yet. He's not sure of the meaning when you break the symbols that make up your last name down. ]