Ah. I'm sorry you had to learn this way, then. [ He seems... genuinely apologetic. He'd assumed that after he snapped at Natsuo in public... ] I have known about this since I was very young, before I became ill at all.

[ He'll just let that sink in for a moment, it and any possible implications. He doesn't really qualify as sickly anymore anyway, his health fine other than for the lingering effects of having been dwindling for over a year prior to any miracle cure. ]

Last week, my counterpart wished for my health, and all I wanted to ask him was 'why? Why would you do such a thing? Why would you throw away a wish that way?' Not in the least because I suspect that if I ever go back, regardless of my own health, it will be made to happen- one way, or another.