[ The smile Subaru offers is a brittle one, lifting a gloved hand to hover over the heavy necklace he always seems to wear. ]

My brother. [ Which he supposes is no surprise. If Kamui is safe and happy, what more could Subaru ask for? ] I could see him, but I couldn't sense him, not in the way I should.

[ He'd know the feeling of his twin's presence from anything else in the universe. In any univese. No matter how convincing the illusion, it was not Kamui. ]

Much as I want to see him... An imitation is an insult.

[ A pretty lie at best. ]