"Sorry," Kimiko answered sheepishly realizing only moments later that she had no idea what he was talking about or why she had answered at all.
She stared at him as he looked away, trying to make sense of what had just happened. She had stupidly walked right into traffic, a lesson she should have learned when she was five, and he had pulled her back while scolding her for her carelessness. The situation itself wasn't strange, but his acting like something like this had happened before and her instant reaction made no sense.
For the first time in a little while, the notion of past lives flitted through her mind. She didn't believe in past lives. There was no evidence for them, but they were just as explainable as the situation moments before. She shook her head, stubbornly. No way.