...something's wrong. Something's weird about all of this. Something—

Undo.

"Father, I want to be an esper."

"...what? But weren't you just saying—"

"I don't have what it takes. Not yet. Not here. I can't just pretend the last several years didn't happen, can't show up to a meeting like it's normal..."

"Well..."

"...well, I could, sure, but—father, I can't change overnight. I don't, don't think I'm ready for this. I think I need some—time. To grow up."

"You seem to have grown."

"Grow up more. I—it's one thing for me to feel this way right now, after being so—scared about dying, but—I feel like I might regress to my old habits. Old patterns. If I stay.

"And... this is taking responsibility, too. It's something bigger than me. I can study, I can learn, I'll be able to use my power a lot better when..."

"...it would be a good idea for you to see some more of the real world, it's true..."

And now the entire thing, from the top, so the whole conversation can be recorded. He'll probably need to fudge the time a bit, say that he procrastinated coming to talk to Jaehyuk for a while to cover for all the undos and redos, he lost count of how many he had to go through to get the optimal result out of the conversation, but it'll be fine. And this time he won't trap those poor security in the same second forever.

He hopes they don't get brain damage.

lol.