[A grimace at that, and while he lets her move his hand away, he doesn't quite look at her.]

It was like... The last time.

[There's disgust and frustration at that.]

I had no idea what was going on, just this... Experience of floating in some cold, black void. Only this time it was more... Sinister. I couldn't move, like something was tying me down. It wasn't until I felt a jolt that I was able to "see" that woman who had taken over.

At that point it was almost like seeing Ultima all over again... The way her form kept shifting and changing to people I knew and then something else. The way she could read all my memories, my... History.

[He looks at her then, wearily.]

That must be how she could try to act like me.