"You saved my ass," He said, walking up and gently pulling her back for a moment, "So I think it cancels itself out as I didn't thank you either."<br/><br/>He was about to say more when he heard something like a panel of glass breaking in his mind. It startled him as he jerked with surprise. Not knowing what it was made it worse. He went rigid for a moment as a voice echoed in the recesses of his mind. He wasn't sure, but it sounded like Randi's, though it was backed by an imperious reverberation.<br/><br/>'<span style="text-decoration: underline">Thou are I and I are thou. You have forged a bond with the bearer of the Empress Arcana and will be blessed when you call upon a persona of the same Arcana.</span>'<br/><br/>"Okay, Ouch." He said, holding his head with one hand as he came out of the trance he entered briefly, "Not sure what that was, but fuck, that hurt."