Instead of being worried for his friend, a gentle smile settles onto Togusa's face. "It's a good feeling, isn't it? I'll admit that's another good thing about the job. When you can see injustice, but you can look someone in the eye and promise that it'll get better. Because you're in a position to do something about it?"

"If that's what you remember, that's the part that wouldn't surprise me. With wings or not, that fits with your personality. And even inside the more fantastical trappings, everyone is noting moments that ring true to what they know about themselves."

He glances up at Lucian cautiously. "In a way, it's what you're doing with your current role in life. You found an injustice, albeit a biological one. One that affects you personally, and you want to try to set it right. Through research instead of the law. Biological justice. It's an interesting idea."