[ That's clear enough an action to signal that something's wrong here. Bariyan swings his head around to stare at Ico, brows knitted in confusion.

Slowly, he sets the knife down, and holds his hands up. ]

The universe is vast. There are many worlds out there. There are many paths that I could have walked, and did not -- but perhaps, in some other world, I did walk them.

[ All off-the-cuff. Right now, Bariyan's chief concern is getting Ico to calm down. ]

I am not going to hurt you. You wanted to know what to do with your kill, didn't you?