T.D.o.N.B: The happy ending

- I needed to keep you close. I had to prevent you from getting away from me, so I treated Ki'rai. Wel... Not with my own hands, but with the hands of Xuvi. I made them become your enemy, so you would come to me to deal with them. It helped, but not enough. I needed something better, and, oh boy, fate did give me something better. Way better. Ixa. She was on my tail for quite some time, because I traveled through the world so often. At first, I thought she would be a nuisance, so I avoided her, but then...

He chuckled again, breaking his speech briefly.