[A fresh start. He hadn't really thought of it that way but it hits him, suddenly, that it kind of is in a half-assed sort of way. All of his problems vanished but not the things he did to try to fix them. All of that remains with him and even if it hadn't, Kaede met him in a simulation of their stupid problems. He would have never really escaped it. When Qrow felt hurt and turned to leave, all of Akechi's stupid issues broke through. At any given point, they're just a tsunami held back by a thin, crumbling walls. And then there's Akira and Ryuji, here and knowing just enough that he couldn't ever pretend anyway.

But then, he probably doesn't deserve a fresh start anyway. Akechi runs his hand through his hair before pausing.]

May I ask... more about your world? If you would rather not talk about it, that's all right. I would understand. Since you're here, I assume you were going to visit. [Wait.] M-My apologies, I'm not inviting myself. I just... wanted to know more about it, I suppose.

[Not that Qrow doesn't talk about it but there are gaps that he realises he might have a better chance of hearing from someone else. But even he's not going to push someone to talk about something painful like that unless she really wanted to.]