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"I could say the same thing about you, Sailor Arachne. Corvus has introduced me to a number of her friends lately, but yours wasn't a name that came up in conversation... Does that mean it's been some time since you've last see her?" He could only assume, especially when coupled with knowing that the senshi was unfamiliar with knights.

Of course, with his own scrambled memories it wasn't as though he could say with full certainty how long knights had been around either.

As he passed under a street lamp the light caught the metals on his chest, the stars and bars shining beneath the glow. He paused once more while under the light, letting the Senshi of Spiders catch up with him again.

"That would be a reminder of who I was before I became Mag Mell of Cosmos," he murmured as he brought his hand up to point at the bars first. "Five years of service," his hand drifted down to the two silver stars beneath the bars, "and the last rank I achieved was Captain."

He explained the significance of the medals simply, voice low despite the tension in his body. There were a few ways that the senshi could react to this news; positively, if he knew about purification and believed that an officer could be redeemed... Or negatively, if all the Senshi of Spiders saw was a former Negaverse agent.

"I don't remember anything about my time spent with them. I gave Corvus a few names and I asked her to hold on to my medals for me. They make one hell of a shiny target on my chest." He managed a wry grin.

"I can't say that I understand a lot of it-- Five years in the Negaverse and not quite one year of being a Knight under my belt. I'm still learning, but I've got good teachers." He held himself still as the senshi's gloved fingers brushed over his medals once more, wishing he could recall why the touch lingering on his chest seemed so familiar.

A pained look furrowed his brow at the effort of trying to push past the barriers of lost memories too hard. He shook his head to brush it off, coming back with a soft laugh. "That's what it takes to make someone interesting to you, Arachne? A bad boy past?" It was easy to slip back into teasing as a defense mechanism; light and flirty was so much better than dark and brooding.

"From what I understand, this is who I would have been if the Negaverse hadn't gotten me first-- This is who I was meant to be."

"Not always the case. I wouldn't have found this path at all if it hadn't been for Corvus and one of her companions." Left to his own devices he might have done something dumb or drastic, if not both. Now he had a chance to make up for all of that, though. He had a chance to be a better man and actually do some good.

"So, to distract a little bit away from me... What brought you back to Destiny City and all of this?"

"Too much free time lately," he laughed, rolling his shoulders and flexing his arms to stretch. "You find yourself in a situation where you have to reset your life-- One half of you changes entirely and the other half has to disappear as a result? Let's just say that civilian life has involved a lot of time spent at the gym while recuperating."

It had given him something to focus on and a way to build his strength back up after the incident at the night club. He needed to be able to prove that he had been worth redemption.

"A feeling that you should jump? Back into the madness?" A soft smirk touched his lips as he looked to the senshi.

"Oh, no, I'm not one of those guys." The Knight laughed, bringing his hand up to brush fingers through his hair as an almost bashful gesture. "I used some of the machines at the gym to try and build a bit of strength back up-- Legs, shoulders, all that other fun stuff. Benching also implies that you have someone to spot you. Part of this 'new me' is also accepting that it's alright to spend some time on your own."

He decided that they'd spent enough time standing still in the street light and offered his hand to the senshi again so they could continue their walk.

"You'd be surprised at how well personal fitness and machine training can be worked into a schedule when you're suffering from amnesia. It gave me something to focus on and look forward to when I was adjusting to things." When the senshi had taken his arm they began to walk forward, following the trail around the park once more.

"One of the gyms in the city has a nice indoor pool too. It's been a little bit cold to want to think about going for a dip lately, but during the fall I made it a stopping point." Being more physical had kept him from lingering too long on the mental and dwelling on everything he couldn't remember.