"I still remember how it felt. I was sure I was going to die and I just accepted that. Then I woke up in the hospital instead."

And here he was now. Sometimes he wished he had the scar to prove what happened. If only to himself. So he'd know that it seriously happened in his own memories. But he knew that it was true. That he should have died that day.

His eyes closed a moment then opened again to look at Vegas.

"My loyalty is to you now."