Despite his intention to make a joke earlier, Kirin now began to wonder for real if he could survive a fall from the ninth-floor rooftop of the eight-floor building. Now that he knew Reika had experienced the same quick healing as he had—and more than once—he had begun to doubt his conviction that the necklace could somehow grant wishes. Whatever was going on, it seemed that at least he and Reika had developed some kind of super powers. He hadn’t yet had the chance to tell Reika about the flash of red and his saving of Yoshimi’s life, but he was sure that one miracle was connected to the other. He wasn’t ready to push his luck with an experimental leap just yet, though. He was prone to a minor fear of heights, after all. He found himself leaning dejectedly against the railing and staring

