I know. I like to think I'm at least good person-adjacent these last few years, though. Would you give me at least that? I have been working really hard.

(most of what dazai says or does has a few ulterior motives behind it. the latter is no exception - it's modelling. dazai can't expect scott to try and work on his shit after all this, if he doesn't show that he, too, is doing so. a little nugget of 'i'm doing it, so you can do it too'.)