[ The nod is all it takes for Kaneki to go numb, his arms limp and dropping to his sides in defeat. When Touka saved them? All the way from back then...? That time--almost a year ago? ]

You knew... You knew?

[ All along? Even when he was careful, even when he left to draw the CCG away from his friends, his life, everything--he knew. ]

All this time... All this time you knew, then what was I...--?

[ What was he trying to do? Why did he struggle on his own to keep everyone safe, to keep everyone in the dark, to keep everyone--to protect everyone who needed to be protected, to protect himself, to protect Kaneki from what Kaneki became and what Kaneki did to Kaneki did to Kaneki did to Kaneki did to protect from what Kaneki did to-- ]

You didn't--...! Why didn't you--...?

[ He's getting disjointed and nonsensical, his mind swimming in every direction at once. What is this, what's going on--he knew? ]