He listened to Yusuke's answering slightly wistfully. While their own summer had also ended in tragedy, and has only gotten worse, it was the best he'd had in a long time. He'd made friends, he'd rekindled friendships, and he'd found that sense of family he'd had when he'd originally joined SEES.

"Nothin' wrong with that. Friends...should be close. They make you stronger." He'd learned that lesson too late himself, but he was going to going to forget it, now that he was given the chance.