As my true self, I am an omnipotent being. I cannot interact with any time or place- or person,- without losing that omnipotence. It did not bother me before, when I knew no love. But now, I will always know what I lack.

[He sighs again, adding in a softer voice,] Sometimes I wonder if offering to take my soul as a son was all part of a scheme on Kuroneko Satou's part. Her domain controls me now, just as it does Giratou. We've both fallen considerably.