["To be perfectly honest, whether I'm happy or unhappy doesn't really matter."

But he couldn't say that. Not to Tamaki.]

I'm satisfied. I did what I needed to do for the company.

[Not for his family.

What did that say about him? He had sacrificed his ties to his family to save the company. He would rather have the Otori Group than be part of the Otori family.]

I'd stopped wanting it. At least, I thought I had. But then... I don't let it go.

[Family pride. Honor. The tens of thousands of people who might have lost their jobs.

Some things were more important than what he wanted.]