But even if I try as hard as I can for years and years, I don't think I'll ever achieve your level. It's impossible for someone like me...

[He's smiling as if he's speaking about some kind of holy truth, and in a way, that just makes this whole conversation worse. It's not that he's just trying to mess with Ishimaru -- Komaeda is just flat-out off his rocker.]

But you're right. Even if I can't achieve your level, I should at least strive for something close to it. For a worthless person like me, being able to use sub-par skills to help humanity is better than using no skills at all.