"Probably not," Dante admits. Even though Malik's never really let him in, he can recognize enough of his own pain in the other boy's behavior to make some guesses. "He's the kind of guy that's got a chip on his shoulder and he doesn't want to take it off. He blames the rest of the world for the shit he does and then gets pissed off when there are consequences. I wouldn't be surprised if he thinks it's Ayano's fault he punched her. But I've been talking to him for a while now, trying to get him to figure it out. So... maybe it'll make him think about it for once."

Probably not, to be honest, but Dante couldn't just let Malik off without getting any sort of comeuppance for that.