[For the longest time back home, Hijikata thought of ghosts as just creepy, scary, terrible creatures that needed to be exorcised sooner rather than later, but his time on Prismatica, Avalon, and now Ellipsa changed his perspective more and more. At Nikkolaus' question, he exhales cigarette smoke and averts his eyes. It's hard to open up about things like this, but maybe it'll help Nikkolaus do the same, if he wants to.]

I don't know if it helped my brother. I don't know if he was listening at all. But the thought that he might be... that helped me.

[Damn it, he feels vulnerable!! Time to at least try and even things out a little!]

There's someone you're grieving for, too, right?