[ He knows everybody's pasts. Well - not everybody's. Some people just don't talk about them. But everyone who's ever said a word, everyone who's ever confided in another person - he knows those pasts. It's almost uncanny, but that's his second-strongest skill, right after planning and executing a murder.

But to give it away ... well, Zarina's been polite enough, and traded information, and if this gets back around to Yui it's not exactly going to bite him in the ass. He'll give her a freebie for once. It isn't a hugely valuable or dangerous secret to know, after all, and in the end it'll just make him look even more dangerous - or just creepy, since some people seem to think that's a proper description for him. ]

I like finding out about them. Most of you have pretty boring stories to tell, but some - like yours - are worth digging into.

[ He's silent a moment, fingers locked around her recorder. ]

She had a stalker, in her early racing days. Nothing serious right up until he tried to kill her. Apparently I remind her of him. It made her edgy right off the bat, and I can't resist making that kind of thing worse.

[ And making it worse. Her instant, not-exactly-irrational hatred had his attention immediately. Now, when he can't find anyone else to harass and stalk, he does it to her, because she'll react like she's been electrocuted. ]