...Yeah. I'm gonna try, anyway. It's just... it's hard, Nanami. The other day, I found out I can turn invisible. It didn't last too long, but at the time, all I could think about was... that I could literally disappear.

[His worst fear made a literal truth. Though he might still be present as Hajime, no one could see him. Maybe no one would be able to hear him, either, with time... he just doesn't know, and that's more frightening than anything else about his changes.]

And I'm... I just don't know. I've been talking to a whole bunch of different people about what shades are capable of, and... they eat souls, Nanami. They leave people in comas that they'll never be able to wake up from.

[For many reasons, not the least of which are his classmates back home, that bothers him.]

I don't... want to do that. I don't think I can.