User blog comment:Betsie/Questions/@comment-2151409-20130728121728/@comment-13462141-20130728124326

In chapter 60-something (I think probably 66 or 67) there's a panel where Mikhail (while possessing Teito) is lying on a pile of rubble with a shocked expression, saying to himself, "Why? He was supposed to be beyond repair...just like Master...' and this was right after Raphael launched a huge attack. In chapter 86, he told Teito that he wanted to speak to Raphael, and said: 'If you would be so gracious, could you let me have a word with him?'

But then there's a chapter (80-something, if I'm not mistaken, 83) where he's talking to Teito while Teito's rushing to rescue Ouka, and he says: "If Raphael is like me, she..." and "...I'm able to sense her..." (I can't remember the rest of those sentences).

Miroku: Yeah I'm wondering about him too. There was this old guy in the Barsburg military who said Ayanami was kicked out of his family. The fact that someone who isn't even related to Ayanami knew about that, makes me think that maybe Ayanami's conflict with his family was common knowledge. So maybe that's how Miroku knows about it too. As for awakening Teito's memories, Miroku made Teito be his combat slave for years, and Miroku has said that Teito's compassion is his 'greatest weakness'. It could be that Miroku is secretly power-hungry, so he wants Teito's power to be harnessed for the sake of the Empire, or very possibly for his own personal gain.