...Well, he sounded like he did before, but things were still all wrong. He wished he could smile back at Mithos when he said that, or laugh, or do anything they used to do. But he didn't have it in him. He wasn't himself. Mithos wasn't himself.

"My-" he cut himself off, eyes going wide as he remembered what present Mithos had prepared for him. He stumbled forward close to him. "R-really? Right now?"

The thought of losing his soul still filled him with dread, but did he even have much left to lose? He was already giving in.

...No way, he couldn't. That was just make things even worse for Raine.