[He actually smirks a bit at that, though he doesn't turn around; though his inflection is still a bit odd, it's obvious from his tone that that's pleased him.]

Of course I wouldn't hurt anyone - you know as well as I do that I would find that unforgivable! I would never have struck first; I don't doubt that at all!

[He pauses for a moment; he traces that underline again, beneath We are not dead yet.]

But that doesn't mean it was impossible for me to have killed someone. It may have happened in self-defense, or because I was trying to defend someone else; perhaps I misread a situation and something happened accidentally...there are many possibilities, kyoudai, I had to ask just so I could sleep at night. But no, I didn't think I murdered anyone.