"... I don't really know how she'd react. Would it bother her what I gave up if she could have Hagi back once again?"

He didn't know why he felt at ease telling her such things. There were very few people that he opened up to about his tumultuous relationship with his beloved.

"I don't intend to give my life... even to be City Dead. What is there that I have that I'd miss so terribly much when she's here?"