There's a long moment of silence, as he thinks about it. Then... he sits up, grabs Raven by the back of his neck, and buries his nose in his hair.

Letting him go with a sniff, he folds his arm back under his head, watching the kid. "I think it was unavoidable. If you hadn't told him, someone else would have. And who knows, maybe he can even make a better fist of it than I did."

Which is unfair as fuck, for the record. But then again, Akechi did bring all his miseries on himself, as he'll swear to this day.