>Given memory alterations and black-outs due to insanity and such we've suffered today, what do we recall of the metal tiger's words?
>You take a mouthful of water and sit back to think. It seems like months, if not years ago, since you stood before Byakko himself. However, despite all that's happened to you today, that experience remains clear in your memory when you reach for it. It's not the sort of thing you're liable to forget, barring divine intervention. You can almost feel his sense of presence again as you recall the meeting.
>He spoke to you of the previous battles between the Hero of the World, the title you now carry, and the demons of the dark place. And he spoke to you of the Purpose, the awareness of the barrier between the worlds.
>But these words stand out in your mind, as they pertain to Kiku's question:
>Being seen in the presence of one such Myself is an experience many of your kind seek their entire lives. And those that have had it guard it jealously, often unwilling to share with others. Were you to be seen with Me, pale ghost that I am, your very life could be in jeopardy. I am not certain how long it will take me to bring forth the image you know the Purpose by. If we are discovered by one of your kind, I would be powerless to protect you if they mean you harm.
>The demons are a plague upon this world, and those touched and corrupted by them will oppose you at every opportunity, but they are not the only seeds of evil in this world. There are those who would use your power for their own purposes. Those who would slay you for having the power you do. Those who would slay you for being touched by One such as I. Those who would possess the power you weild. Those who would possess you for your beauty and charms. And these can even be found in Our houses, for the children of our Mistress forever walk the line between light and dark.
>Your valor is admirable, young Hero, but it is no demon that approches us. Rather, it is one that should have been your ally, but is not.
