[Akechi brushes off the encouragement with a small exhale. Incredible this is what his life has come to.

But now -

He has to explain the pants.]

I did my own experiment when I arrived. I asked the crystal for information on Vaeros, given no one else had attempted to do so to my knowledge. Naturally, I was expecting nothing. It was to check off a box, so to speak.

[BUT HE GOT SOMETHING. THREE SOMETHINGS.]

However - I received a pair of pants and hand drawn picture directing me to the library.

[Picture? Long gone. Codpiece? Dead to him. Pants? Nearly given to Li Lianhua's dog, before Akechi decided to add him to his metaphorical Loathe List.]

The implication being that the pants belonged to him.