[For Masaomi, the losses are tangible, they're people. Xion, Anri, Mikado, Katara, Shikamaru, Linda, among other, are all people he misses terribly. But his attachment to both Luceti and to indeed Earth are because of those web of connections, and even severed, they exist in his memories... and new connections can be made soon enough, as long as that isn't dwelled on too much.

But perhaps - no, probably - Ororo isn't quite the same, as now that the town is well within their sights for arrival soon, he tilts closer to her as they walk and changes the subject-- or at least makes it irreverent] And I swear, for every bit I've aged and grown, you, if anything, look younger for. Is that a skill from the Guild or's that something from your genes?