Sakaki's fighting spirit verges on tragic. As though dragged along by it, King loses his pace. He thinks back on a conversation he had once with Haiji. The words he can't say, the reality he can't escape. King's thoughts eventually arrive at the day he arrived at Chikusei-so. It was the beginning of a lonely but dream-like time. That small discouragement, that small pride. Carry all of it with you as you run. The men continue to fight to find themselves.