[ Akua watched too. She knew that look in the doppelganger's eyes as well. It's an old thing that she had long put down, but she knows it, intimately, and understands the person that Hayame had been.

For all her pride and anger, Hayame was so different to that spiteful, hateful creature she had been. In the same way that Akua was different.

That was growth, but she also knew the specter now that loomed over Hayame's back. What lurked in her shadow and dogged her steps. She knew it, and knew that they were similar. ]

Of course, as long as you have mine. I have admitted to... a great and terrible thing tonight. [ She paused and looked her up and down. ]

We both have burdens we must bear.