Okay. ( he’s starting to understand where mondo is going with this. this isn’t just about him killing people, or the guilt he’s feeling about it. he’s wanting jon to understand where he’s coming from, the kind of things he’s done. the mistakes he’s made. still, there’s no anger in jon’s expression as he listens—except towards the end, there. the part about mondo having to die after the trial. his nose scrunches up, but jon’s quick to drop that, too. )

I’m sorry that happened. I wish there was something I could do--my dad would’ve never let anything like that happen on our world. But I know you could do good things, Mondo. You’re still a good person. . sometimes people do bad things when they’re put in really bad situations, but. . that’s not on you, okay? That’s on that school.

What you did was wrong. I’m—not saying it wasn’t. Hurting people’s wrong, Mondo. But you didn’t mean to do it. If it hadn’t been for that stupid school, you would’ve hurt them. And your brother was just trying to protect you.