While visiting a member of a bereaved family, Hanzawa remembers the first time he met Hiyakawa. It was over a decade ago and Hiyakawa had been a child then. He'd said that he'd seen many people destroyed by the power of belief and that he believed that he would one day encounter a destiny meant just for him.
When he was young, after his mother had discovered his abilities, Hiyakawa had been placed in a symbolic position within a special group called the Palm of the Hand Research Society.
When my vocabulary was 
p-poor... I couldn't think.
عندما كانت مصطلحاتي ضعيفة... لم أستطع التفكير
Als es mir an Worten mangelte,
konnte ich nicht nachdenken.
Cuando… tenía poco vocabulario
no podía pensar,
Cuando… tenía poco vocabulario
no podía pensar,
Quand les mots me manquent,
je n’arrive pas à réfléchir.
Quando il mio lessico... e-era molto scarno,
Quando meu vocabulário era 
pobre, eu não conseguia pensar.
Когда у меня был...
скудный словарный запас,