[ He'd always thought he and Souji shared the same amount of knowledge, but they've never really talked about what they knew— there was no point— and maybe Minato is more attuned to certain things and Souji to others. Maybe Minato's is death. Maybe Terry already knows the gist of what's going on, at least in terms of immortality, with the way Minato refuses to answer...

He opens his mouth to answer, but then closes it again.

He really doesn't want to do this wearing skis and the two of them looking like drowned rats. He'd much rather be in the Velvet Room with a couch cushion to bury his face in. ]

...They were dead. [ And then they weren't. If he's the only one that knows, that's even better, because then Souji won't be able to tell either. ]

But I'm not going to say anything more. I'm sorry. If you really want to know... if you can accept Vassago, come ask me again.

[ It's the same cheap tactic he pulled last time, but accepting Vassago is an impossibility for Terry. And so is Minato talking about this. ]