Himeka nods, feeling a little emboldened by this confusion. While she keeps one hand around one of the bars, she starts to motion animatedly with the other.

"Yes, and that's exactly what I've been wondering!" So he does understand, even if he doesn't realize it. "I don't know if what I became there is what I would have become if I had not known or if this is simply something my head is trying to work around like some sort of weird dream. Or is this who I've always been but would have never realized it if not for the opportunity to face myself?"

Okay, she is decidedly missing several details in there.

"But then Ardbert never looked like that either. What does that mean...? And...furthermore, how come I didn't grow a beard or something when we...?"