[It's what Kakyoin is terrified of, Polnareff knows. That one day he'll fall asleep and that will be that; he'll simply disappear, whisked away to god only knows where.

It's not an unreasonable fear, and it isn't anything Polnareff can stop.]

I could leave.

[It's the truth.]

But if I do-- and if I get any kind of choice, if I can find a way, I won't, but if I do-- I'll be waiting for you at home. You know I will.