What Jackal said made sense. Bunta, admittedly, had never really concerned himself with understanding the past, even for a subject as important as Yukimura. Jackal's ability to take a bunch of background observations and facts and weave them into a cohesive explanation was pretty cool.

The questions it was raising, though, those were a distraction as far as Bunta was concerned. Reaching out, he plants a companionable, steadying hand on Jackal's shoulder.

"Well, what we should focus on is what we can do about it. Let's leave the diagnosis to Yanagi. What's our strength? How can we support him? That's the question we should answer."