[The change is palpable when Mikey moves, the coolness that settles over his shoulder without the other boy's warmth on it.

... He doesn't like it, the uncertainty that stretches between them. These strange moments between ice and fire, warming and cooling one another in unexpected turns. It can't possibly stay like this forever, Yu knows that more than anything else. But how it'll change, and in what ways it'll change...that remains a mystery to him, right now.

Well. He can't resist a mystery.

Yu cants his head a bit at the question, thinking back. The things he said back then...they feel a bit like a blur of panic and anxiety. His stomach twists a bit at the mere memory.]

Mm, [he starts, thoughtfully.] People who got pushed into the TV world...after a few days, the Shadows that lived there would go into a frenzy and fight them. The people who died -- they were alone. They had no idea what was happening, and no way to fight against it.

[No way to know that they had to accept their Shadow selves.]

Once we started going in there...we were able to work together to save people.