[Akira catches up easily with long strides, then slows to match Akechi's pace. His hands are still shoved in his pockets, moving leisurely.]

He told me that you guys encountered demons in the woods.

[His eyes are ahead, but he is watching Akechi out of the corner of them, attentive to his reaction to the next part.]

Ones that took the shape of people you knew. One that looked like me.

[As for why it looked like him... that's the part Akira wants to find out.

"If only we had met sooner..." Hm.]