[Oh right. Oda didn’t know about his current— well, goal, I suppose one could say. But that’s not what makes Dazai pause. That look on Oda’s face.

What he says next is— very hushed.]

...more than ever, I’m afraid of each new day. I’m not someone who can sit and wait for the things I cherish to be taken from me.

[Happiness... is probably forever beyond him.]