Cole could make Kiyotaka forget him of course, just wave his hand and vanish...but his pain was shining like a beacon, a giant rock tied around his neck and this is exactly the thing that attracts Cole rather than gets rid of him.

"He thought you were stronger than him, but...the despair made things brittle. He hadn't meant to do it -the bear made him- but that couldn't change anything. He didn't want to admit it couldn't."