I know you would. You're... you're a good friend. But there's no point in the Witch bringing me here just to lie to me and put me to work. She could have found plenty of people who were actually alive.

[He hesitates at her motion, but she seems to be looking for something, and so after a moment, he steps forward. His heartbeat is very faint, if it's there at all-Shadows have no need for the same human organs, but who knows what Minako was capable of?]

...If you say there was a reason, then I'll believe you. And... I'll help you find the truth. Even if I'm not sure I want to know what it is.

[It's important to her, so... it's important to him.]