[ Memory loss is natural when you reincarnate, but this isn't the same, is it? It's not like being born again and starting anew, but popping back into existence, fully realized, with the knowledge that the person you were has been suppressed. It's not supposed to be this way.

And he can't even begin to imagine what went wrong with Haru. ]

Maybe. He doesn't ... feel the same as my other shinki.

[ He glances down at the naginata. ]

What do you think about becoming an object? Does the idea of it bother you?