Togusa still looks surprised, but maybe less surprised than the last time Lucian mentioned this theory. It's a little more credible when you're looking at a man with wings. "A reincarnation from another planet altogether? It sounds incredible. You said," Togusa needs a second to remember, quite a few people have been telling him about their memories, in an attempt to trigger something Togusa would recognize. "A city of marble, speaking a language that you knew, but you didn't recognize. You think it was something not from Earth, then?"

Togusa looks down into his tea, briefly. "There's also an old folk story of the Tengu. Spirits that can conceal themselves, but their true forms have characteristics of birds. They are protectors, and teachers, of a sort. They'll hide their forms, and present some sort of a test to Buddhist monks or martial artists. Usually a test of their pride. If they pass, the Tengu will teach them an important lesson or take them in as a student. And if they fail, well, then you get the usual spirit curses from out of those stories."

"But it's just old stories my grandmother told me."