....I wasn't ready to tell you. I'm sorry. [ He says after a moment of hesitation, not quite looking the other in the eye. He's trusted Dextera with his past, but he just hadn't been able to bring himself to share it with anyone else. Maybe part of him thought Akira would jump to the conclusion that he's actually a demon and turn on him, even though he knows that logically that wouldn't happen..

He isn't sure. ]

The details are fuzzy, but I was pushed into the sea and spent a few months floating all the way across the Pacific. I lost my memories and washed ashore in that small village where you lived.