[There's a sarcastic hurt sound that surprises Ikki himself, half a laugh, half a growl. Because it all just feels like a terrible joke.]

Of course that's the last you would remember...

[It would be too much to ask for Seiya to be from the future somehow, from a time where the fight is over and they are back in their right time and Seiya's recovering. Something that would indicate Ikki that there was hope in the crazy gamble that they were making. That would give Ikki some peace for his soul... And the multiverses don't want that.]

Yeah, I woke up in those pods not long ago. Already watched the hologram explanation and everything.

[After spending two years in another world, that is. But right now he's not sure if he should tell, or if he wants to tell. Hell, part of him isn't sure if Seiya's really there or if his mind is just playing a trick on him. He expands his Cosmo, reaching for Seiya's just to be sure, before actually daring to search for any other familiar energy.]

Are you the only one here? I don't suppose Shun and the others would be here, right? That would be too kind for those places.