61st Journey
Two New Years celebrations have passed already, the closing of a stage and the beginning of a new one, closure and renewal but I don’t look different since I left Japan. I have changed in many ways: my hair and eyes are of a different shade, the sun darkened my skin, and my body is more athletic than it used to be, but I also remain very much the same: I haven't grown a single inch of height and I don’t look any older.
I left Tokyo as a sixteen years old-going-on seventeen. I should be seventeen-going-on eighteen right now, but I'm not. Huh. I didn’t have a chance to notice this in Kou, and I was in En too little to begin to care about my appearance. Apart of wondering when I was going to grow fur and claws… Sooo, I'm curious:
Has anybody aged since you were here in the City?
Or nobody does really? As if time stops for us, so we’ll return home looking exactly the same as we used to do. I’m talking about average living people; I know those who died wouldn’t age anyways.
[Rokuta]
I have a surprise for you waiting in the kitchen! And a big favor to ask.
[Tianzi. Assumed this was added later, after the Enki exchange]
Hey, ready for the Kirin-sighting trip? I made snacks and packed a thermo with orange juice if we got hungry or thirsty.
I left Tokyo as a sixteen years old-going-on seventeen. I should be seventeen-going-on eighteen right now, but I'm not. Huh. I didn’t have a chance to notice this in Kou, and I was in En too little to begin to care about my appearance. Apart of wondering when I was going to grow fur and claws… Sooo, I'm curious:
Has anybody aged since you were here in the City?
Or nobody does really? As if time stops for us, so we’ll return home looking exactly the same as we used to do. I’m talking about average living people; I know those who died wouldn’t age anyways.
[Rokuta]
I have a surprise for you waiting in the kitchen! And a big favor to ask.
[Tianzi. Assumed this was added later, after the Enki exchange]
Hey, ready for the Kirin-sighting trip? I made snacks and packed a thermo with orange juice if we got hungry or thirsty.