"Of course!" he responded brightly. Genis still seemed so sullen, so tired, that Mithos used extra enthusiasm to encourage him. Things would turn around soon; he'd see.

"Don't worry! I'll teach you all about it after we start the first experiment." After saying that, he began to consider some other issues that had to be dealt with aloud. "We should start one of the trials, but then...before we move on to anything else, we need to take care of you, too..."

As he was, Genis wouldn't likely live long enough to see Raine revived. There was one very important change he needed to make.

That decided, he nodded again and turned his attention to Genis. "You remember that I promised you another Exsphere, right? Well, I have a better one for you!"