No. No. It was an answer but it wasn't an answer Homura had wanted to see or realize. She should have known the moment she saw him, but--she didn't want to believe it. But she had to, didn't she? Even though she could never truly accept it.

But, now he was an Avox. She didn't know why or how. But he was a slave now, and she needed to help him.

"Take my hand." She held out her good one to him, forcing her voice to become firm to compensate for the shaking in her arm. "Come with me."