[Draws his knees up, uncomfortable and a little embarrassed.]

It kinda sounds like the colors represent Taisho's connections to people on other units, and by cutting them off, you're trying to protect Taisho's unity. Because theoretically, Taisho won't be able to argue about who they care about if they don't care about anyone at all. By saying it was your fault that the colors started to bleed, it implies that you cared about someone, and that caused friction ...enough that you're worried it could cause monochromatosis somewhere down the line. And the only way to protect yourself, or Taisho, from that is to stop caring about them completely.


I'm sorry if I'm understanding this badly.