"I've seen Robin Hood. And Loki. They're—incredible." Hs voice gets far away, as he remembers Raven showing them off; remembers Shiro transforming into the giant hero with a bow. He'd wanted them more than he could say. "But I want something right for me. For whatever I'm going to have to do, about the cup."

He hasn't mentioned Raven's Evoker, or indeed Shiro himself; he's careful like that. But he reveals something. "Maybe in two years, I won't still feel bad any more. Maybe I'll feel more like Crow. And then I'll be completely different."