Ryuuko was very much like a premature baby, especially since she could come home after a long time after her stay in the hospital and then an institution. Apparently, she made progress, seeing as she would try to stand on two legs, although she wouldn't stand very long, as she would resume crawling. She also seemed to have learned new words and seems to have created gestures for them. New things seem to excite her, as she had scrambled about her room, looking at the birds in the tree outside and watching them fly away.

So far, she displays a clear disliking of shoes, then again, she never really wore them, not to her recollections anyway (actually, in the photo Nui had shown me, she was barefooted). Socks she'd tolerate if need be but shoes she despised, yet seems not to mind sleeping in a bed, provided it was no higher than a toddler bed. She also doesn't seem to mind guests, often trying to greet them, however, she does keep her distance. Yet, for reasons, she couldn't identify or articulate, she felt safe with us.

Ever since she had come home, Aikurou often stopped by to try to see what she could remember and articulate. Because of what she seemed to remember, some things could be reclaimed, however, some bit her recovery was to determine what she had remembered and help her come to grips with her memories, offering her some degree of clarity

He asked her fairly basic and simply worded questions, questions that a two year old could very well understand (in all honesty, she didn't seem to have matured past three or four). She seemed to be answering honestly, giving equally simple answers, however said answers weren't too indicative of much.

"Do you know your sisters, Satsuki and Nui?"

She gave the response of clapping her hands, nonverbally expressing what she knew.

"I see. Are they nice to you?"

She clapped again, ecstatically.

"Ah, lovely. My name is Aikurou, what's your name?"

"My's Ree-oo-koh."

"You don't like shoes?"

"Nuh shoos."

"Outside?"

"Nuh."

"Walk?"

"Huh?"

"Mmm. How old are you?"

"Not know."

After that particular assessment, Aikurou decided to hold up a picture of our mother, to which she responded with fear, saying, "Go 'away, no hurt, go 'way!" and raising her hands to her face, as if to block an oncoming blow. He then showed her a picture of our father to which she responded with, "He go 'way." She then went on to, as only she could articulate, describe him as kind and stating that she missed him. While her answers did help, they didn't give us much to conclude from, as we couldn't figure out exactly how old she was when our father died or when she was born.

Nevertheless, it didn't stop Aikurou from making his theories. He theorized that our father might not have known Ryuuko was his daughter, yet, he loved her nevertheless, or, rather, most likely, that our mother was pregnant and gave birth to her in secret, leaving our father to find out and concoct a plan to rescue her, yet he died before he could carry it out. Either way, she remembered him and how he wasn't abusive, thus proving she couldn't have been any more than three or four, making the reclaiming process easier to perform.

After assessing what she remembered, he wanted to see what else he knew or if she liked to converse. As only she could, she told us about how her day went and about how she saw the birds outside, gesturing as such. "Good day?" he asked her, to which she gave the response, "Yuh-huh!", clapping afterwards. After yet another conversation, he asked us, "Is she normally this talkative?" to which Nui replied, "Yes, she can be."

"Well, that's lovely. Anywho, has she walked on two legs?"

"No, not really. She'll stand on two legs but then she'd drop down to the floor and crawl."

"I see. Anything else of note?"

"Well, so far, she can say three sentences but only one pertained to her thoughts."

"Really, what were her thoughts?"

"She said something about wishing for something. Not to sure as to what she wished for."

"Hmm. What were her other sentences about?"

"I think she was verbalizing that she loved us, which is odd because she usually expresses that nonverbally."

"I see. How so?"

"Well, she usually plays with our hair or touches our and hands and face."

We went on to describe Ryuuko as very affectionate and the fact that she really likes to get into things. We weren't lying about that, as she did like to get into things and often did when our backs were turned. A key example of that was when she opened refrigerator and got something out, the which she played with it instead of eating (to elaborate further, we think it was a container of margarine or cottage cheese). While Aikurou found that amusing, he then asked if she tasted it, to which I responded, "Yes, she did and, by what it tastes like, she declared it inedible." I also pointed out that, some times, she doesn't listen.

He continued taking notes, stating, "From what it looks like, Ryuuko's personality is really starting to develop. She's a bright and rather curious soul who wants very much to explore the world around her, at the same time, she doesn't much like it if her explorations are interrupted." He wasn't lying, as that would be an accurate interpretation. Of course, she was never really allowed to explore or even be curious about her surroundings, having been confined to a filthy cage in a dark cellar.