[ Maybe he should be thinking about their current situation a little more.

But it's hard. In the face of the sheer hurt he can see in the kid, it feels impossible to think about much else. It's like Kaneki is practically radiating shame, and guilt, and pain, and Daniel can't look away from it. He can't ignore it. ]

Hey.

[ He reaches out, attempting to touch Kaneki's shoulder. The touch will linger for a moment if Kaneki lets it, but he won't fight to keep his hand there if the other tries to shrug it off. ]

There's this guy back home who tried to kill me. [ And since he figures Kaneki might assume it's not quite as intense of a situation as his own, given how normal Daniel seems in comparison, he makes sure to add an emphasized: ] Literally. Heck, he almost succeeded.

[ It's not like he isn't aware that things could've ended very differently, after all.. It makes Daniel tightly press his lips together for a moment before shaking his head. ]

He also went through a hard time because of it. He blamed himself too. But when we talked about all of it, I.. forgave him. Easily. I, too, didn't want him to be cruel to himself over something he did to me.

[ Hence why he has faith that Kaneki's friend would do the same, given the chance. ]