"... And you don't know about me, either. But... it doesn't matter, does it? We're connected now, whether we want to be or not." Damn, now he sounds like Takeru. "I'm still here." It's not like running away here will do much use. He'll still be stuck here, with none of his abilities and no way to fight properly.

He lets out a long breath. "This situation... is throwing a lot of us together in ways I'm guessing we didn't expect."