Scythe

Scythe Faraday writes in his journal that immortality robs people of their innocence and youth. He says that every time he gleans, he mourns for who he was as a boy. He longs to one day become that boy again.

Citra carries Faraday inside and bandages his leg. He begins to wake and refuses to let her take him to a hospital—that would alert the Scythedom to the fact that he's alive, not gleaned. Half joking, he asks if Citra was so upset that he self-gleaned that she came to exact revenge. She explains that she thought he was Gerald Van Der Gans, and he says that was his childhood name. He asks again why Citra is here. Citra explains what happened since his disappearance. He explains that Curie is the only scythe who knows he's alive. A rainstorm moves through and Faraday says that Citra needs to sleep, as tomorrow they're going to study poisons—after all, Citra is still his apprentice.