"You can sense your original body, but can your original body sense you?"
"No."
"No?"
"In the past, he certainly could have sensed me, but now, he definitely can't, because... because I've already been 'polluted.'"
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. A Spiritual Imprint should be the purest of impressions, but now, I've long since become so terribly distorted that even I find myself unfamiliar."
"All right, I understand."
"Perhaps you could meet my original self. My original self is a very kindly person."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, unless he suffered some enormous upheaval while visiting his son in the colony. But it probably wouldn't be anything too outrageous. You could try making contact first."
"I will."
Kallen rang the desk bell, then rose and left the study.
Summoned by the desk bell, Alfred walked from the front hall into the backyard. Seeing Kallen coming out of the study, he watched Kallen point toward the kitchen.
Alfred followed him into the kitchen and walked over to Kallen's side by the stove.
"Young Master?"
"Would you like wontons or noodles?"
"Either is fine with me."
"Then let's have wontons. We're out of chili oil."
"Young Master, has something happened?"
"Yes." Kallen nodded as he put the wontons into the boiling water. "The original self of that old fellow in the study has returned. He's the former owner of the first place we lived in, the one with a Light background."
"Shall I go investigate?"
"Let's eat first. Then I'll investigate, and you stay home. We can't leave the house empty. I'm worried we might miss each other."
"Can he sense the location of our new home?"
"The old man in the study says he can't, but to be safe, stay home. Call Fanny on my behalf and tell her I'd like