When Fortis discovers Noé's companion is Vanitas, he eagerly embraces him but Vanitas resists because of the religious fervor of the Chasseurs. Fortis then attacks Noe with his enhanced abilities, but while they fight, Vanitas manages to release the door to his cell and wounds Fortis so that he and Noe can escape. Noe and Vanitas realize that they must collaborate to defeat Fortis and the Chasseurs, but argue about the appropriate strategy to reach their goal and escape Fortis. Vanitas reveals that he is searching for Moreau who experimented on him after he was taken in by the Chasseurs as an orphaned boy...