Tachibana let out a deep sigh, nodding. "Yeah," he agreed, expression growing distant.

Had his timing been just a bit different... it would have been someone else who wound up being Garren, if they would have been able to find anyone else at all in BOARD's employment that had been compatible after Kiryuu had been rejected. No, it was fine that it had been him, in the end. That fate... he wouldn't have wished on anyone.