Is that so? And yet, everything that's happened with the Phantom Thieves only served to prove how easy it was to persuade society one way or another. Their attention spans were short. That's why we easily took advantage of it. [There is a hint to what he says that makes him sound—not quite contrite, that isn't the right word, but sad. Distant. Like he's stating these things because he's told himself them a hundred times before.]

Unfortunately, as you may have guessed, once a god gets what he wanted all along, a pawn can easily be discarded. [Like before. Like always, at least with him.]

I'm afraid that reaching him seems to be out of the question. [It's not like Akechi ever had access to the Velvet Room.]