"I did nothing to bring us to this conclusion today. The only thing I did was seal her power and bloodline, manipulating her fate so that she appeared completely human, with a human destiny. After our bet was made, I moved on to other matters. It has been millions of years since then, and this is the first time I have even spared a thought for her or the wager. In truth, I never would have checked on her, for I was entirely confident in my victory."
Kai Syaoran chose to explain the part he had played in the unfolding tragedy. He needed Wela to stop looking at him as though he were a cold, calculating monster who had meticulously engineered the death of a three-year-old boy.
