He didn't have to look up to know that Kurogane was still there. He could almost feel the man's eyes on him. As though he were expecting something. Why did Kurogane have to make this so hard for him? What could he say? Everything was becoming such a mess...

"Where do we go from here...?" he said quietly, more to himself than Kurogane. He wanted to tell him so many things, but that was impossible. They were just words. Anyone could say things and not mean them... Ashura had... He'd done it himself as well... If there was no proof but the words, how could he believe them?