Please think about what happened to you all over again, and say it out loud so everyone can know how weak you are and what you were forced to do, Hakkai asks, and Gojyo closes his eyes. He's right. It needs to be said.

"It was an old wizard," he offers at last, opening his eyes again and fixing them on a point on the far wall. "A priest, I think. He wanted to call down a god to, I don't know. Bless his town or something." At least, that's what he gathered in the few minutes the old man had remained alive. "But he was too old, his body wouldn't bear the strain, so he summoned me to possess his grandson instead."

He can't hide his disgust at the memory of the grandson; his grip on Hakkai's hand tightens to a point where it's got to hurt. "The grandson wasn't exactly civic minded."