"...you would." Hadn't he remembered as much? He'd gone and given the king's power to this hobo, and... something enormous had come from it. They'd worked together and they'd done more than either of them would have been capable of apart. He flicks his wrist and finally absorbs that last red Core Medal into himself, then turns himself fully about to face Eiji once more.

"You need a medal keeper. Don't you?" Of course he did. He'd have to.