An unidentified male consciousness tells Carl to hold on, claims Shi Maria killed him, and warns Carl to remove her immediately.
As Shi Maria prepares the tattoo ink, a male voice enters Carl's shared mind and calls him child. It urges him to endure.
Shi Maria orders the voice silent and says she did not place it there. The voice insists she killed him and that this is why he is present.
After the tattoo is complete, he warns Carl never to trust Shi Maria and to get her out as soon as possible. His identity remains undisclosed.
A faint male silhouette speaking from behind two overlapping minds in a fiery fusion space.
The voice reveals that the fusion contains another unresolved presence opposed to Shi Maria.