Time for a change - he decided to take a knife to his hair. Long locks fell away, cut unevenly at jagged angles at first, then joined by shorter lengths as he carefully trimmed it.

     When Tsuzuki came looking for him, his eyes widened. "Your hair...?" Dragons' power showed in their hair, but...

     He felt lighter, but only physically. "I thought perhaps the years of memories would fall away with it."

     Tsuzuki's expression softened. "I wish it was that easy."

     Touda later discovered the way to displace old memories, while lying restfully with his head in Tsuzuki's lap - creating new ones.