I strongly suspect he'll go full circle and end up back helpless in an asylum with a cruel doctor watching over him again, only this time he'll feel like he deserves it for overlooking something that led him there.





She has to come back eventually, though.





If he has more than one import to investigate, I can see why he'd either avoid Lara or leave her for last. No, not because of the power she has - because she's the only one who might be aware of what he's doing.

Hell, she might even help him, if she believes what she heard about the Wonderwall, that he'd be powerless, useless, and stranded on the other side. It would be a great way to get rid of him permanently.

Then again, maybe he might take pleasure in explaining to her exactly what he's doing, if he realizes that she won't really stop him, she'll just mock him for doing something she feels is ridiculous.





Hasn't Knifey mysteriously disappeared and re-appeared before?

It does remind me of Faite's tendency to disappear when she might be in jeopardy, and re-appear when it's most convenient to her, though.





If she thought that was a danger she might make a point to stop on the way out and tell them to take a long vacation.





There aren't any strong details. While she was in the hospital with severe burns, Al B. Harper custom made her entire body, and the brain case, and it was unbelievably expensive, which is why he hasn't made another one.

Interestingly enough, Nena and Anna were built similarly by a reclusive robotics expert who holds the patents on a lot of their construction. They both call her "Dr. Lia". She does not hold a patent on the design of Yuki's brain case or the support systems that keep the brain alive. I would speculate that Al B. Harper is a huge fan of hers.





What's kind of funny about that is Yuki made enemies of nearly the entire criminal underworld in Paradopolis and GMY, which is why she had to join the Lair Legion to hide from them. The Psychic Samurai immerses herself in the criminal underworld, and occasionally carefully manipulates it, but she hasn't done anything to dissolve the hatred they have for Yuki. And yet the two of them are friends.








But I could always do better.