The poor little guy. How long before I woke up was he kicking around, lost and confused and wondering? I had a hard enough time, trying to figure it out, and I had a good family who supported me instead of just being there. I woke up alone, Ankh woke up alone, I think we all woke up alone, but how much more alone must he have been, considering the way he... ended.

I kind of hate Eiji for a second. It wasn't fair, really, it wasn't. The other Ankh got treated special by OOO, just in the same damn way. This one didn't even get a chance.

I look down at him, meet his eyes and hold his gaze for a moment before I nod. "You can tell me anything." I have secrets too. And I might share them with him.

I'm not going to let anything happen to any of us. This is my way making up for all my past transgressions. I'll protect my new family and my old one. And that means both Ankhs, damn it.