[Gojyo holds his hand out, and Hakkai blinks again: he'd only wanted to keep Gojyo from doing damage, not knowing how well the circulation had been restored in that transplanted arm. He takes Gojyo's hand, regardless, turning it palm up and looking down at the lines there. Life, that's the upper line; love is the lower....]

Yes, well, it could be educational.

Besides, Chikusa doesn't move very quickly. I'm sure you can dodge.

[Gojyo's lifeline is longer than his own, he reflects, and wonders again about memory, and when it might be that their souls were really drawn here. More quietly, he continues.]

I probably will, too.