[It's the first time he's been invited to talk about Rem in years. Through the grief, gratitude manages to flicker through. He doesn't know how to vocalize it just yet, but perhaps some time later, the praise will be heaped upon one Nicholas D. Wolfwood for allowing him to broach the subject.]

She was... perfect, honestly. She always taught us about fairness, and treating others like equals. Even though we were different, she never wanted either of us to think we were better. It probably helped that Nai and I were on such different levels functionally. I needed to eat and drink, he didn't. He had his own latent powers, we didn't know what mine were.

We didn't know then, that a lot of her teaching came from the past. From things she regretted. But I think that was the best thing about her. [The smile that spreads over his lips is watery. His head angles, trying to catch the light on his glasses to hide the tears that are building.]

She was human. Flawed and with a bad past. But she didn't let it hold her back. She told us once that everyone in life had a blank ticket. That at any point, they could write a new destination, to choose a new path.

She did that when she found us, you know.