"They do, they do. It's just one of those things." He was too tired to get into a discussion of humanity and its many flaws. Mikk still would bitch about it. It frustrated him even if life got all the more interesting thanks to everyone trying to kill him. The Earl's emotions however, were an old subject that he winced every time it came up. "He's looney. I'm not sure what he feels anymore." He meant it seriously, and there was bits of regret there. Like there always was with his Noah ties. ...former ties.

Mikk almost didn't hear the question. Yet his ears knew he did and refused to let him dodge around it. His thoughts turned to the people he grew up with. The Science team, Lenalee, Lavi himself (only when he transferred to schools in Britain), Kanda too, but most of all Allison. How many times had they argued about fate, choice, and all the things in between? He'd had power as a Noah. Yet, in the end who had respected his choice?

Not the Noah - who he regretted turning from. But the ragtag group of misfits with a loud, infuriating, and oddly likable leader. "Too many reasons to fit into a box. Or explain in one night. The short of it is - this is my life now and I'm looking to keep it that way. And Allison is a mouthy woman who refuses to shut up about choices."