If I knew she was going to see would I have done it anyway?

You Betcha.

I mean, look, they were the same as us. Just trying to get by. Just trying to stay together. Just kids in a big world.

At least we had Master Splinter to be our dad. They just had each other.

I watched to make sure they'd find it. And when she came out I knew which one she was. It was how she stood, and how her eyes moved around looking. Relaxed, but also ready.

But she wasn't really a Cat. She should have been called "Tiger".

There was something in the way the girl stood, the way she seemed so still but also so ready, that made me think of Leo. But there was a lightness to her face, something peaceful and...yeah....despite everything, happy...in her eyes. Content. I liked that a lot when I saw her.

And she thanked me. She called me an Angel even though she didn't know I was there.

Or maybe she did. I learned later she was good as seeing. She saw everything.

That was the problem.

But Even after all of this, I'm not sorry.

I'm glad. For a second I saw her for real, and I knew if we could have been, we would be friends.

Me and her. Friends.

I'm not sorry at all.