[ A friend who granted him the utmost ease (when Sion wasn't tumbling down from the skies above!), someone who he... found himself close to, more often than not. Taken with their easy familiarity and ever fond of touch, the King hadn't at all been aware that he'd stumbled upon something—some great secret—until Koumei startled, garnering curiosity and begging response: ]

But what is it that your roommates have not questioned? What is this secret you would keep from your own flesh and blood? The scar which I felt...

[ Felt, for the briefest of moments. ]

...show it to me. [ ??? Sion. Are you still dazed from the fall??? ]