[Akechi hadn't thought giving it up would mean much at all, but he's quickly realizing just how much of his identity was still tied to that child he was.]

In my case, I've already been going by a new name for the last few years, so the transition wasn't as difficult. Now Akechi is all I have left. [a beat] But it's an odd sensation. To know I'm missing something and to not be able to remember it in the slightest.