Exactly. You've got a long life ahead of you, so use it well.

[He pauses though, at the mention of the omamori.]

I do, yes. What I said earlier was.... an attempt to persuade, I suppose.

[He looks a little embarrassed for a moment.]

But I didn't throw it away. I'm not so callous as that.

[Honestly, it wasn't often people wished him well or gave him gifts to begin with.]