"No. It has to be me." Everything there's been between them, the potential depth of the betrayal—from both sides this time, not just one. Ren's halting explanation of what Magpie said to him in the park goes through his head. it wasnt that long after we got here and i wasnt used to like looking at ppl who looked like you without them being you

Lancelot's certainty slowly fills him—and, more than that, the peace of knowing what has to be done. Like in the attic with the others, with Futaba, the real one. If he wants to kill Goro, why not let him?

"I'm the one he wants to understand him. I'm the one he can't let go of, and can't accept. I'm the one who has to be there, no matter what we do. If I don't face him, here, now, and offer him a chance, I'll never be able to look him in the face again."