[The dog he's petting just smiles dopily at Ryuji in answer, tail whapping excitedly on the ground.]

Spoken like a lowlife with no dreams outside of his own mediocre hometown. Not that I expected anything else from you. Thinking big was never your strong point. Honestly, neither was thinking small.

[Sakamoto would be the one to never once question where his future was headed. He was too much of a follower, always trailing after Joker's heels, yapping like a clingy pet more than an equal.]

I suppose we are stuck in a stalemate then, because I refuse to give in to the fox's perverse mindgames.

[so like, guess they will just die???]