[Akira sort of knows better. He thinks, at least. He thinks Gideon would let Ryo come anyway despite all that. Because she's so much like him.]

What else is there, Ryo? I don't know what else. [He turns his head to stare up at the ceiling again, frowning.] I want Kaoru and Hikaru to go home. There's still a world waiting on them. Their friends, their families.

I thought about... [He pauses for a long time. At his sides, his hands ball into fists.] I thought about... if it was possible... I might... I thought I might go with them. It's the only world I know of that's the same as where we're from. There's a Japan, an America. No demons.

I'm worried about being there as a Devilman. That... I'll taint it somehow. Not that... any of it is possible anyway.