[none of the booze seems favorable, so Manabu's just opting to grab hold of a kettle of water and heating it up by hand for tea.

as he does so:] Well, get better at it. You getting messed up or having a hard time doesn't happen in a vacuum in a place like this.

[jeez. he can hear himself and how harsh he sounds and...and he's not crazy about it? but it's also...

it feels like Bruce is with him. talking through him. saying the things he'd said to Manabu again and again as a rookie.

time really has changed him, despite all his efforts to stay true to himself...]