Depending on how the human dies, they can undergo a process that strips away all of their negative energy. There's another requirement I didn't tell you since, at the time, it wasn't relevant to bring it up. Their purity is a major factor, too. Once they're a seraph, all of the memories of their previous life will be erased, but their personality, likes and dislikes, strong feelings, and most of their physical appearance remain the same. I say 'most' because their hair color will change to reflect their element.

[As he speaks, he puts his mask away and has an irrational urge to try scouring the blood off of it. Mikleo crosses his arms, looking slightly tense. The seraph still hasn't examined his feelings about the cause of his death, but...he can't deny the truth or dance around the issue forever. Besides, Hiro must have already put the pieces together just as Mikleo has.

Mikleo decides to put his trust in the teenager once more. There might come a time when his family history haunts him again, and it'll be good for Hiro and his contacts to know about it if it becomes a factor again.]

The Shepherd before Sorey was a man named Michael, my mother's brother. When I was a baby, he used me as a sacrifice to fuse Maotelus to a mortal man and placed a curse on him. The man's family would die one by one, his children would be born as monsters, and he would be denied death through conventional means. Only a Shepherd could kill him at that point. That man would become the Lord of Calamity.

[He speaks calmly, trying to detach himself from it so that his confusing mass of emotions don't surface.]

Muse—my mother—asked Gramps to save me.