Though his helm conceals it, Kain's answer comes as a shock. Why - how - could they both be here, and Cecil absent? It strikes him as being against the natural order of things. He wonders if Kain is lying to him; it would hardly be irrational if he were.

"...It surprises me that you should need to ask." He last saw Kain not too long past, and did not hear since that he was fallen. Memories of this cycle, at least, ought to remain. "Have you truly forgotten?" And why has Golbez not?