What to say to that? How had he not expected that answer.

The thought of saving himself was suddenly, deeply strange for a reason he could not identify. Instead he closed his eyes, reaching out, checking what he expected.

"Fai, Yuui isn't there." He knelt down again, so they could be eye to eye. "I am Yuui."

The name was strange on his tongue, foreign now. Somehow belonging to this other life, a life he had kept in this little cage in his heart.