John exhaled. He didn't know how to help Shotaro any better than he had when Philip had suffered before.

"I know you feel like this is all on you but it isn't. It really isn't. You didn't make things the way they are. For now we just..." Just what? He wasn't quite sure, but he kept talking anyway. That was the way he coped.

"We have to do what we can, is what. The weight of the world isn't on your shoulders alone. We'll change this place eventually, but until then we'll have to carry the burden together."