[please Akechi!! Akira affixes him with a flat expression, but not before giving a very visible, very showy roll of his eyes]

. . . on that, we'll have to agree to disagree. The last thing any of us wanted to do was leave you there.

[and if Akechi tries to argue he'll push it more if he has to!! the events in that stupid ship still haunt him to this day, though. . . there isn't much to be done about it now. and this isn't about the niggling pang of guilt that worms its way into his brain in the depths of the night, either. this is about Akechi, and him, and all of the things that were never resolved between the two of them, and how they're supposed to go forward now that they're stuck in this stupid mansion]

[and Akechi changes the subject rather quickly, so with another exhale, Akira continues]

Shido won the election. But because we had changed his heart beforehand, he confessed to his crimes in his victory speech.

Despite this, the general public still wanted him to be prime minister. Their support of him in the wake of his confession was completely unnatural.

[a pause]

You remember Mementos, don't you? The public's Palace? We traveled into the Depths of Mementos in order to steal the public's treasure.