No, he knew Akihiro would never judge him for it, and that if there had been more time and less lives than David's alone affected, the man would have been dead. But that wasn't what had happened.

"I died," David answered, his voice a whisper, "because I didn't ask for help. I lied to everyone, to my team, and hid it all when I knew something was wrong. And I..."

He died. It made him sick. He pulled his feet up onto the chair and against his chest.