"Yes, I did notice that when I had some. And he also warned me before I had it. He said I might come to hate him." Perhaps if he were anyone else, perhaps. But Shougo felt he possessed a slightly different mind to most. The ability to distance himself from an issue and consider it logically.

He glanced over his shoulder, noting the hard expression on the younger man's face. Anger, subtly shown, but anger nonetheless. "The one who named him 'Akari' - a friend?"