He laughs himself, lower and darker. "Well. When you figure out what you want, beyond living only for others, then you'll have figured out what it is to be a person."

Because what else did he do? Kidded himself he was pursuing his own goals, while living only for others. What Shido told him to do, what the world wanted to see. Never a boy, so much as a puppet. As much volition as the puppet beside him.