The next morning, Hirokazu asks what's going on between em>Kir/em> and a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/stylebook?ie=UTF8&pg=PATENT&creativeCommonType=1&creative Commons" target="_blank" href="https://doi.org/10.5101/amazonexec.obidos" ). Hiro tells him that it's been four months since the time-freeze was lifted, and he's finally ready to go. He's not sure if he'll be able to make it to the top of the tower, but he knows that if he does, he can get a "sable side-stick" , which is a device that allows a person to travel to another part of the world at a higher speed than they can on their own. He also knows that he can use the side stick to get to the bottom of a tower, where he can see the other side of the universe. He asks if he can go up to the tower and find a way to get there. He tells Hiro that he doesn't trust people, and that's why he can't do what he used to do when he was a kid. Now, he tells Hiro, he'd rather be alone with him than with anyone else. He promises to stay with him for the rest of his life, until time moves on.