[ He listens quietly and, in a way, already understands. This is what has happened for him already, hasn't it? Sasaki doesn't even feel like the same person anymore and back here with his memories... that person doesn't really remind him of the Kaneki he met here either but he can't imagine anyone would be the same after everything. that he's been through.

So, he continues to sit in silence and think over the words. ]

It'll be okay even if we can't be as we were. I learned a long time ago that things change and sometimes it can be when we least expect it.

[ Like when his family died, like when Shirazu died... ]