[He nodded, Steve had told him to come for meals and he hadn't. Just another way he had failed at being... Not even a good husband but a good friend.

No one had ever called Suzaku a good friend. He went to sit on the couch stiffly.] I was taken from Mammon's land to be further punished. I was there a month, when I returned it was around the time we were taken to the hospital. [He wonders if Steve remembers the odd dream they shared. It had been a weird time.]

Things have been... Calmer since then. [The usual being forced into torture rooms, readjusting to life in the hotel.]