Sanae smiled vaguely. This was his big secret that the Doctor was piecing through, and he'd never exactly been fond of telling people it. Actually, he'd been forbidden from telling it. Buuuuut, they weren't in a Game, and it wasn't like this man was a Player...or a Reaper. He could bend the rules. "I used to be, sure. Then I died. That'll do it, ya know.

"And you're guessin' close," he admitted. "Real close." He was a Guardian of sorts, but probably not the type that the Doctor was talking about. "Technically I'm what they call a Higher Being. Some people call us Angels, but I wouldn't go that far."

Sanae leaned back in his chair with his hands laced behind his head. "I gotta give it to ya, Doctor-san, ya really figured that out fast. Met someone like me before, have ya? Or is it just that good old intuition?"