Allen gave a short sigh, "Yes, though I'd prefer it doesn't come to that either. It's... I mean... we're enemies, but..." He shook his head, "I don't know... I really don't." Rhode was a problem he had no real answer for. If she was his enemy, he knew he was supposed to destroy her. But she was human too. And he knew he could never find the will to kill another human being.

He was glad, however, for the slight change in topic. "Yes, the curse... it's almost always active here. It's like... there are people from other worlds who ought to be Akuma to us... the um... the shinigami for example. They're from a world where they use false bodies for spirits so that they can travel from... the afterlife... and make sure wayward spirits return... something like that, I don't really understand it." Allen's face reflected the confusion he felt just trying to comprehend that. "There are a lot of people here though, aside from just them, that I can see. It's possible that some are Akuma. But it's also possible they're just from another world. It... makes me fairly useless," he gave a short laugh, without much feeling.