[He nods. Yep, the first day of school. It did wonders for his already lousy reputation, but that's something for later.

And it's also true, that this was their first time to encounter shadows.]

We didn't know what they were at first. Thought they were other kids in costume. But we learned pretty quickly they weren't. They knocked us out, took us to a cell.

When we woke, they said we would be executed, and that's when the owner of the Palace appeared. The teacher I had seen pick the girl up. Kamoshida.