He had to stop and think about that. Where had he heard that rumor? The series of events that lead him to that house were easily chalked up to Rust's manipulations - and he had chalked them up to that. It was easy, far far to easy to leave it there. Why didn't he question it?

"I think I heard it from someone and looked it up. There was a site for rumors and after Ochiki couldn't cure Rust, there was one going around on it that he moved to the house so he wouldn't be interviewed about it. I only thought about actually going there a day after, but that might have just been Rust."

Irezumi scratched at one of his scars, thinking deeply. There was a theme to those questions that followed something. They had questioned what they didn't.

"You know...those dolls in my dream, they kept asking me questions along this line and then asked me what Rust was. I...couldn't answer that one."

But the answer should have been clear. It was a disease. So why couldn't he answer?