I thought I could have a new beginning, too. [ He reaches out to try to pat him on the head. Part of him wants to say more to that, but...in this case, he should say what he got from Adela. ]

...Adela actually reminds me a lot of MAMIYA. He usually isn't cagey with me, but...that's how he's been lately. So even though she wasn't upfront with me about what happened before we came here, it still...felt a little like coming home and chatting with him about whatever came to mind.

[ Maybe it would've been worse if he did actually remember what he did now, without the experience of crying at the top of a strange treehouse. ]

I heard what I wanted to hear from her. So...that's how they got us.