[ it's fine i got like 6 hours i'm functional (?). hope, in the meanwhile, takes the opportunity to look aikawa over once the door opens. he's about the same height, he has the same voice, his mannerisms are the same...

hm. ]

I did, indeed. For me, it's been thirteen years since our "graduation." I'm not entirely sure why I seem to be the only one so drastically displaced in time, but... it is what it is.