My siblings. The stakes are too high and I won't sacrifice that ever.

[Sits back to back with Ikki and leans his head on his shoulder.]

No.

We'll never forget. And I haven't forgotten, even now. It's intoxicating, but I'm not that far gone.

That's our pain, yoi. To drag all that into the future one way or another and not even a thousand springs or rebirths or renewals will ever change it. Ever.

[He closes his eyes, breathes deeply and quietly wishes he had a cigarette nevertheless.] Listen, eh. I don't know if others can't handle the past, or what, but we'll protect their ability to have times like this. Maybe because they need it, maybe because it's fragile, but what else can we do?

You and I will never forget the past, but whatever else we do, we have to make sure the others can keep moving into the future, whatever it takes.