Getting help was something he had always been taught against. If you had to ask for help, it meant you weren't good enough to do it on your own. And if you can't do it on your own, then you're all but worthless. Of course, Akito knows better than that but it's still something that's stuck with him over the years.

So he nods at what Anton says, doing his best to take it to heart. "I'm used to the times when it isn't."