[ For a long, long moment, Aki just stares at him, his eyes widening for a moment.

His first reaction is sadness, grief, of course, but that quickly bleeds away into something else, his emotions getting the better of him as he clenches his fist - his prosthetic arm is still broken, but seems to spark a little anyway. ]

Do you want me to stop, then? To just leave you alone? I knew it was hard, but you - you're my family, Denji. I wasn't going to leave you alone.

[ He hisses. ]

I died. I don't have a life to go back to. Why shouldn't we enjoy this one together while we can?