I knew she existed- I even saw her once. And that she is Aoi's neice, so assumedly the daughter of That Akane. Delta explained she brought us here and I suspect she may also be the source of some of our random phenomena: the purple cream, the stuffed... dogs... and the like.

[ he looks up, never pausing his rocking]

I could not tell. If the one behind this knew about... certain things and attacked Delta... she would be alone. And there is no telling what the other Zero would use her for directly.

[guilt crosses his face]

Desperate people can do horrific things even to the most helpless. I... was almost one of those. When I first woke to this timeline my first thought was to use whatever caused the SHIFT to change the war. But... now I can not. I will not be that kind of man.