"Yeah, though I kept disputing him because something like would take a lot of resources and effort for something this large scale. But he was so vocal about his discontent that they actually took him into surgery, and he confided in me that he didn't think it worked like they had planned."

He shook his head, looking up at Rei now with tired eyes.

"He was fired not too long afterward, too. They probably realized that he'd be too much trouble to keep in the long term...and I understand why, now.

...I haven't had anyone recognize me, but for him. There were too many similarities between our stories from the start, which is probably why we were brought in to separate labels. It'd be too dangerous for them to have us together."