Thirty-one, only I can go by myself_2

"A little bit is fine. What have you found out, or what have you remembered, even just a little bit?"

"I simply want you to tell me everything you know."

"That way, we can find the key to stopping the Lyra gear train."

Gerard fell silent.

He could feel the sincerity in Kude's words and knew the crux of the matter still lay in that mission ten years ago; solving it would unravel all the problems.

And he was no longer as ignorant as he had been before.

But the information he held, the things he knew, all came from...

"Tell him," said Bai Wei's voice suddenly in Gerard's mind, "except for the part about me, you can tell him everything."

"That's what you want, right?"

"And I want to see just how far you and your protégé can go." Bai Wei said lightly, "whether it's reaching the truth after striving or..."

After losing everything, begging for my power?

Bai Wei did not finish his sentence, but Gerard understood.

So after a long silence, Gerard made a decision.