[Ikki nods, he can understand that. He remembers his mother but... Not completely, all he can come up with in his memories is a fading voice and a face without eyes to make it recognizable.]

My mother died after she gave birth my younger brother. She had been sick for a long time and we didn't live in the best conditions, it was a miracle that my brother was born healthy.

[But that's not really the point for which he has brought this up.]

Her last words were "take care of your sibling", she didn't even know if it was a boy or a girl but she did all she could and gave her life for him. If he was so dear to her even despite her not knowing him at all, I who could know him should do no less for him forever.

When people say "thanks" to me it feels as if they are saying "there's no need for you to do more". But I have no intentions of stopping so I don't want to hear that.

[This is, without doubt, the most Ikki has told anyone about himself since he got to Luceti.]