[Eiji nods slowly before opening his eyes again. Leave it to Ankh to be completely blunt about it, even when it's his own experience.

But those were his hands that did it--Eiji was OOO now, and it was hard to keep in mind that his predecessor used the same power for very different, very selfish reasons. The same hands that Eiji reached out with to help others, the King had reached out with to seize power.]