That Cora-san you've mentioned, he really is the one who--

--whom I know? He must be.

[The one who's given me life, at the cost of his own, he doesn't say, but maybe his gaze does. The one who's proven, impossibly, that maybe the world isn't made only of evil. My Cora-san.]

I'll meet him soon! I. I'll try not to cry. I want him to know I'm happy. How-- how can I do that? I want him to know, beyond doubt, that he's important to me. But I don't want him to know how much I've missed him. Because what if that upsets him? He's too kind. I--

Never mind. Why am I asking you? I don't want to upset you, either.