[It did hurt. It hurt just like when Ai didn't know him, but he wouldn't let it stay there in his heart. It was a side effect of this place, clearly - wherever it was. If he could go home to where Ai knew him he might feel better, but then he wouldn't have his mother or father there. Here he could smell them and see them. Here he could be at home with them as he always had been.]
Mm. Ren - mother has a bit of a sense of humor, don't you think?
[He laughed and smiled easier than Zero, that's for sure, despite the situation. Ai and Ren... her two loves given new life.]