[He doesn't even seem to care about the cold. He's holding onto Garnet's hands like a lifeline at this point. Just the feeling of someone caring about him like this is immensely comforting to Hachibe at this point.]

"...My Christmas present. I got some body parts in the mail, and I thought they belonged to a friend of mine. My first thought was that they'd mutilated her because of my stupid, selfish Christmas wish, and that the whole thing was my fault. I didn't even think about how it might just be a trick of the town or anything. All I remember was how guilty I felt over it."