She shook her head slightly in response to his words. "I know it's the truth, Akechi-san. What's happening to you now... it happened to me, too."

And that meant that the boy with his face was him, in every way that mattered. But she wouldn't say that, not when it seemed like his sanity was on a razor-thin edge.

"I'll help you find him. But... I have to ask, what do you plan to do with him when you do?"