Still nothing. Long still wasn't reading too much into his outbursts; figuring the pain causing most of it.

Rosen suddenly asked, "Did you kiss me?"

Long didn't reply.

Rosen turned and stared at Long, demanding an answer.

Long didn't look back at Rosen, wondering why his silence wasn't enough of an answer.

Rosen stared for awhile before looking back at the sky, "Liar," he muttered.

Long kept his lips sealed.

Rosen sighed a little, "You could escape now, you realize of course," he mused, "Kill me and fly off back to the abusing, stifling and tyrannical Yin Long."

Still nothing from Long.

Rosen stared at his hands for awhile, "Do you hate me?" he asked.

Long paused before shaking his head.

"Why not?" Rosen asked, staring back at his hands.

"Why should I hate you?" Long asked instead.

"Because... I'm part of the people who've taken everything away from you. Who have made you confused, made you unsure of who you are," Rosen whispered.

There was a long pause before Long shrugged. "Before... that... I never had the time to wonder who I was."

"But you obviously don't like it," Rosen spat, "You wanted to go back!"