"... Sort of. I made a contract with her. I would have died otherwise... I don't remember making the contract. I don't regret it, though. I'm the city's protector now, for as long as I don't start harming the city as a whole."

He leans back, looking up at the ceiling. "Someone needed to step up. And it's a better life than the one I had. ... She showed up here today. She's... not human, but means well. Don't... take what happened to me out on her?" He's already had An Incident, he doesn't need another. "... I don't think the taking my soul and memories thing was... intentional. I think it's just what happens when a yurine makes a contract."