<span style="font-style: italic">"Please, tell me the truth and tell me everything..." she requested silently. "What happened yesterday? The black fireworks. The air went strange after they were released, and everything around felt heavy. I could sense that even though I had a few cups of sake in me. It wasn't anything natural. I could swear I saw something moving on a roof, and Haruki was weird, too. The red thing that's usually in his hair or around his arm was on his hand. Don't tell me nothing weird happened there. Besides, why else would we be going away now?"</span><br/><br/>"This woman's solemn gaze... And yet, if she knows so much... She wants to ask me about it..." Blake's eyes soon locked onto Nyoko, letting that heavy sigh go. "Well... Now I will have to actually think on some jibes with you two around. It seems you know exactly what is going on... But the fact that you don't have a theory of what has happened puzzles me a little. Look at my right hand." As he spoke, he held out his right hand, making sure the back was clear... The Mark of the Victim exposed. "Before I go any further, I am only telling because you deserve to know. The Black Samurai came to town to pay us a visit. He and Haruki had a short fight before I managed to hold him... It was then he placed a mark on our arms, labeling us as his next victims." He said, his gaze looking at the mark itself. "This is why I don't judge a horse by its harness."