"No, it's okay." He offered her another smile. "I am as healed as I can be. Got some pins and screws in me back, and my nerves... Well, they are as well as they ever will be. I am how I am, and I have accepted it."

Gently, he gave Reiko's hand a pat before walking with her along the mansion grounds.

"My brother sent me here, saying this was an amazing school for people like myself. I honestly did not wish to come here, but he insisted, saying I would have the best education possible. How could I resist that?"