The more Togusa talks, the more it dawns on James that this conversation is taking a turn that he doesn't quite know how to handle. It takes him a few moments to understand why that is--because it was so rare for Togusa to talk about his feelings on the things he remembers, rather than just the facts and details of it.

James has seen him angry before, he's seen him disappointed, but he's never seen him....anxious like this. At least not in a way where he's laying it all out in front of him so frankly.

What does he even say to this? He feels like this is a situation where he's supposed to help somehow, but he has no idea how. Especially not when it's just...a conversation. James doesn't know the first thing about how to say things that are helpful.

"Well...aren't you the one who keeps saying that we're totally separate from whoever the other versions of us are? We remember all these things and get all these...arms and cyberbrains and whatever else, but we can do whatever the hell we want with them now. Regardless of what our other selves did, or had to do."

James still doesn't buy into that viewpoint, really, but he knows Togusa does. Maybe he just needs the reminder.