[Oh, there's something... painful about that response. He takes a steadying breath. He swallows, and dips his head.]

Goro Akechi, I am not fit to be your father. I have hurt you beyond belief... in ways I know and will never know. Were I not so negligent, maybe your life would have been kinder, and filled with less pain. Your mother, beautiful and brilliant and strong as she was... may very well still be here today.

I have robbed you of your life, of much of your happiness, and of your future.

[A wavering breath.]

Please forgive me.