[Sirius shudders, swallowing down the bile that's threatening to come up as he remembers, almost still feels, all that dark desire taking a hold of him, all that intensity.]

It was something that's inside me.

[He shakes his head and looks at Koizumi.]

I'll be fine. And I have work to do. Alisha... You don't have to see me ever again, but I'll fix this. I swear.