[Kanji_The_Wanderer]

I wipe away all the tears from my eye. Nozomi has never seen me cry, and she can't. I clear my throat. She can't see my eye all red due to the shadows of the cave but I place my hand over my it anyways.

"Did I meet you before? No, I don't think so." I try to say in my regular voice. "The first time we met was in Disan." I add "You were lost right? You can't remember anything from before?"

There is silence Nozomi smacks herself in head a few times trying to think. "Don't hurt yourself." I say reassuringly. I don't want to tell her yet about Shima's soul inside her just yet. Should I? I wonder. What if Shima being inside her has changed all her memories. Shima has to have been in Nozomi for at least 5 years. Or maybe 6. Nozomi doesn't even know her real name.

"Why do you think you knew me before all this?"