I dunno. He just came up to me and explained things to me, byon. He said I was his, so he knew I belonged to him right away...but I never asked how he knew. [And now that Tsuna's mentioned it, Ken is curious himself.

At the question, he nods.] I was in a strange place and I didn't remember anything, byon. If I wasn't his shinki, I don't know what I could do instead...I guess I would've just wandered around lost and confused. [From the way his brow furrows, he clearly doesn't find that idea appealing.] And there's ayakashis, too. Chikusa says you can't fight 'em normally, and that I'd get blighted if I bit them. So if I hadn't become Hestia's shinki and learned that stuff, I'd've probably died again.