The glow of something you abandoned everything to get

doesn't fade so easily, does it?

Oh, right... Koishi. Thanks for coming to talk to me all those years ago.

Eh? What?

Out of nowhere...

I couldn't tell either Ichirin or Nue about it.

I'm sure that you being there, Koishi, was the reason I was able to survive those times.

Although... this time I just decided to "stay lost", didn't I?

Isn't this running away too?