He set the coffee down and took a seat next to Shotaro. "I have been... offered the chance to return home," he said slowly. "I would be lying if I said I didn't miss Fuuto."

He missed it very much, at this point, or he wouldn't even be considering the possibility.

"And we can't trust that the time discrepancy that allows our absence to go unnoticed will last forever," he continued. "However..."