"Don't be," Shizuo scowled, feeling like the talking Pokemon was watching him for its own entertainment. He tried not to do anything that would trigger something to happen, but...

Soon the blackness of the dream warped into a bleak white hospital room. Shizuo, now looking much younger and with brown hair, was in a full-body cast while lying in immobile in the bed Homura had put him in. ...Great.