Hershel sighed, shoulders slumping. "I don't know. Alfendi- the normal Alfendi, he seems to hate this version of himself, and this version doesn't seem to acknowledge the other exists. Is this even a personality or just a trance?"

He glanced over with a shake of the head. "Either way I guess we can't really know, can we? Maybe if I remember more it'll be clearer but- I don't know, Heiji. This him just seems wrong somehow. Maybe that's just an assumption."