[He'll respond with the same, of course. He can't say that it'll make it any easier - if anything, he's found he likes text, just because he can go over what's being said and actually see his responses before he gives them - but he'll oblige without complaint, anyway.]

...I don't know what it's like, no, not entirely. But I...

[He hesitates for a moment before just pushing on with it.]

I was killed for money. That was the motive that was presented, a large amount of money - something like ten billion yen, if I'm remembering what I was told correctly. From what I understand, I was specifically selected because I was an easy target, due to something that had happened earlier.

The person who was responsible for it is here, and I'd just gotten into an altercation with them before you arrived; I...think that's part of why our first conversation went so badly - many of the things that were said were out of line on my part. I was riled, but that isn't an excuse.

But I...think I understand what you mean, about knowing things but not feeling them. It's been like that for me in dealing with the person I've mentioned to you just now; I can't begin to imagine what it would be like to experience that toward everyone.