Kell opened his eyes again as Neria shifted, coming back to earth. He'd felt her going through his mind, his questions, though he knew better than to ask them all at once.

As she opened those unnaturally blue eyes again, however, he felt that same squeeze in his chest, the uncertainty that seemed so misplaced when it came to her.

(And with the brush of her fingers came a twist of pain, Hakkyuu so often pushed his hair back, encouraging him not to hide-)

"What do you mean when you say they're not yours?"