"Yeah, I'm as real as I know how to be." Alastair kept his arms around Kiryu, not wanting to let anything tear them apart now. This dream, whether real or not, was too dangerous. "Third time...? What, so it's like...recurring? That's...yeah, no, I'm not leaving you now. I don't want to be back in the Leviathan, and you don't need to see any more of that bastard. Whatever happens, we'll face it together."

He lowered his head a little when Kiryu brushed the spot between his bangs. "That was...the Oricalchos. The power I used to have. I don't know where it came from...and I don't know if I can bring it back again."