The French government had sent the both of you out to get the newly discovered said 'experiment' from Japan. You took it very lightly, but the same thing cannot be said to your partner, Paul Verlaine. He looked a bit.. unsure about the current situation. It was like two sides of him fighting over some idea you are not well aware off. Until recently. You had thrown him a birthday party not long before all of this happened, in which you got him a hat. One that'll make him feel more 'in control' of his own ability. Making him one step closer into humanity. At least, that's what you wanted to believe. You want him to know that his existence should be celebrated for, that it was not a mistake.

Yet it felt like everything was washed down the drain when the both of you found the experiment they were searching for. A kid, inside a tank full of water, cables and tubes all attached to his limp and malnourished body. It's just a child. A small one at that, yet that kid is still needed by the government. There would be no time for sympathy. With Verlaine's help, the both of you managed to get the child out of the tank, yet a few steps out into the hallway, you couldn't hear Verlaine's footsteps anymore. Instead his voice greeted you, barely above a whisper, yet still loud enough between the closed off walls.

"I don't want to give him back to the government." Verlaine stood there, clutching the smaller figure in his hands closer.