I flounder for a moment. Of course, he didn't know, and I told Hina not to tell him. I'm amazed though that she didn't tell him, even after I was gone, about how she found me. The state I was in after Maki was done with me.

"I was already breaking," my voice is tight as I try to explain. "Hina found me in the woods, Maki he... Eiji, you didn't kill me. I was already dying."