Now he sounds like Makoto. "If I didn't trust your judgment, I would have intervened when you fired your gun. You're the expert. I won't rush into a decision you were kind enough to warn me against."

It would just end badly, anyway. For me, there's always a catch.

"I would be curious to know more about them, though. Are they all the same? Can anyone in your world acquire one, or just the talented few?"