[as usual, Rom picks up on what Edamura is putting down pretty easily. extenuating circumstances offered the opportunity. . . but action was taken out of years of built up bitterness and fury. well. . . that, and--]

Yeah. It is. He got caught in a job gone wrong, and framed for a crime he didn't commit.

[not that the last part matters to him, though. the man was released from jail eventually, wasn't he? so that didn't excuse his complete absence in Edamura's and his mother's lives. mmm. . . well, Edamura can't tap into his resentment right now, even though he feels it tugging sharply at his heartstrings as he speaks. and so he shelves it in favor of explaining as best as he can with the cameras watching]

After he got out of prison, he came up with some. . . stupid plan to get revenge. [. . .] So he got himself a job with a Shanghai-- trading company.

[a tilt of his head towards Rom, gaze lifting from the coffee maker as he seeks out eye contact. hoping desperately that Rom recalls their conversation from the arcade]

And when I was old enough, I started working for the. . . Tokyo branch of that same trading company.