He follows along behind, panting a little bit with the strain of keeping up with Haruto, who seems to be running from something. When he says that, Nitoh feels a lump in his throat. "I... uh," he starts, but he has nothing useful to follow it up with.

After a moment of thought, it dawns on him. "Look, Haruto, you can just go back to the Initiative and ask for more time there, right? Just tell them you found out you left something undone and go back like you never left and kick the guys who did this in the face, right?" He holds onto to Haruto's shoulder as he tries to keep up. "You can still be their hope! You can still fix it, that's what time travel's for, isn't it?"