[ There's a twinge in Alex's gut. He sits with that, lonely. It doesn't make him regret what he'd said, any more than he regrets how he acted at all with the Raven Queen's eye. But it puts some things in perspective.

And truly, Alex hates that eye-opening feeling. But he wouldn't be him, if he ignored it. ]

You know. You... You're probably on to something there, I ...I think he killed me for calling him needy. [ There's more to it, of course, the confrontation, the lack of fear. Ogata was just a guy, something Alex could do something about. What was he to be afraid of? He stumbles over that, a little withdrawn. ] Don't think the fucker even realizes how much he contacts me.