Fai's eye widened at that last part. He could understand this being a different Kurogane. He had witnessed encountering other versions of people on many of the worlds. Had seen the ones that shared a soul, but not the memories or the places. He had encountered the clones of Sakura and Syaoran as well as their real selves. So the thought that this was just another version of the Kurogane he knew, was something he could handle.

But..for this version to be from Rekord? That seemed so far in the past to him that he could barely comprehend it. This Kurogane had experienced nothing of Tokyo..the chess world..even Celes. All the things that Fai had done..all the lies he had told..his past..did this Kurogane have any idea about any of it.

Suddenly Fai found himself back at square one. Even now those things were not ones he could speak of so easily. Even if his heart had been healed with the real knowledge of the events that occurred in his past..the truth about his brother's death..the curses placed on him. Even if he knew all that, this man did not. And somehow that scared him. It was as if his support system was suddenly coming crashing down around him.

"I know of Rekord." Fai's voice wavered. He had always been able to hide a lot of things. To lie and pretend that life was fine. But would he have to relive all those painful moments or could he lock them all away and hope that this man didn't ask him any questions? "That was a long time ago.."