[ Owe him..? Shinpachi might be a huge mooch and an ass at times to his friends, but he wouldn't think of something like this in terms of owing anyone anything at all. Especially not if he didn't do the right thing - because there just was no "right thing" to do in that kind of situation. He just did what felt like the best thing to him personally at that moment, even if by now he finally has time to actually reflect on it.

But even so, he already knows why he did it back then, and he still knows it now. It's simple, even if the deed itself wasn't. ]

You can call me a moron considerin' the kinda stuff we're usually doing [ it's not exactly like they have the safest job ever, after all, quite the contrary ] but I don't exactly feel like seeing my friends die.

[ Sure, he might not be as close to Souji as he is to Sano or Heisuke, but he still can't help but think of all of them that way - they've been together ever since everything at Shieikan. Shinpachi doesn't mind fighting, hell, he loves it, but if there's anything he does hate about all of this stuff in general it's the way it jeopardizes his friendships. Especially considering what he already knows about the future. ]

Of course that means it's not like I wanted to see Kondou-san die either, but.. [ His tone is a little wry and it ends up trailing off. Kondou obviously had lost his mind, so there wasn't much of a choice. ]