Misaki lowered here gun. She was at a loss of what to do. Li took another step forward until he was inches from her face.

"What?" he said, "shouldn't you be killing me now?" he said. Misaki was shocked. Yes he was right, she should be killing him now, but she couldn't pull the trigger. She couldn't kill this man. Li. No. He is a contractor, she thought, I must finish this. But she couldn't.

"No…no." she said, and then bolted away from him and out of the alley. She dared one glance back at his face, which held the strangest expression. It wasn't shocked, but it held a certain element of surprise, and then, a deep sadness directed at her. He almost looked…guilty.

She pondered this for the rest of the evening upon returning home. She could not believe what she had seen. It was like he was sorry about everything, for killing, for her. No, Misaki told herself. He is a contractor and contractors don't feel remorse. But no matter how much she threw it around in her head, the gnawing suspicion of what she had seen would not cease. She knew she should have reported the identification of BK201 immediately, but she just could not. What was she doing? She had never hid something from her team before

Misaki turned out the light finally at around two in the morning, grateful for rest at last, but when she fell asleep she had the strangest dream. She was standing in a remote hilly area, dotted with trees, and to the right there was a tiny forest. She knew she had never seen the place before, but she didn't feel lost. She glanced around, but there was no one in sight. She started heading for the trees, and she had a feeling she was supposed to meet someone there.

LI stepped out of the curtain of trees. He was different though, his hair was longer, and his eyes sadder. He reached out a hand for hers, leading her towards a hill. In her dream they walked, never speaking. When they had reached the top of the hill, they found a telescope at the top. He adjusted the lens, and then beckoned her to look in. She came over to the lens, his hand still held hers, and when she looked in she was startled. The real stars! They were there, shimmering and glowing with an ancient hue. She backed away and looked up at the stars without the telescope, still they were there. Until he took his hand away.

She woke up with a start. It was four. She still had an hour to sleep, but decided against it. Misaki had had strange dreams before, but not this strange. What had it meant? She decided to put it out of her mind. She needed to forget all of this. She decided. She was going to tell her team the identity of BK201. Because she had to. She wanted to, at least she thought.