"Oh..." He looked at her and back at Seto and then down at his own hands, quiet for a long moment.

"When kirin are born we have... They are called Nyokai. They are born from the same tree as us but born... Fully as adults. They are their nursemaids and protectors. When... I didn't meet mine until I was ten and then after I fell back to earth she was trapped in my shadow. I didn't know who or what she was but I knew someone was there."

He reached out to pet Blue Eyes some more. "Sometimes when things were truly terrible I could feel arms around me, she never left me though I didn't remember her at all."