[Serph very carefully keeps his expression neutral; there it is again, this idea that Nirvana is not a place but a state of being. The idea is dismissed immediately; how can one be in a state of Nirvana when the nature of his existence demands violence?

So Morgana is a friend who looks like a cat? He's someone like V, who had a cat-like transformation? Serph nods, in part to show sympathy for Ren being separated from his friend and to hope Morgana is okay, too.]

Instead of husks, humans are turned to stone by the sun's rays. One of the groups here believe there is a god in the moon. In Nirvana, God resides in the sun.

[Serph raises his hand to the brand on his cheek.]

Being forcibly transformed into another monster isn't new to me. My demon comes from a virus.

[And the hospital they had fought together in had scanners declaring them infected.