[And that's when something in his expression just breaks; he jerks a little bit when Ryuunosuke grabs his shirt, but he doesn't move to push him off or try to defend himself - instead he just stares, and he's gone very dead behind the eyes, and while it's difficult to say exactly what it is, it's obvious that something vital has just stopped working.]

What would you have me do, Uryuu-san?

[The honorific is odd, after so long without it.]

I'm doing everything I can right now. I don't...

...I'm trying. I've been...trying, I...