It almost is inevitable that she'll return. And I always wanted her to, too.

[ Which is not something he's sure he wanted to say, but he does anyway. Despite the few years that have passed, he still remembers her clearly. He hasn't forgotten the way she's raised him and taught him. ]

Well, she left a note telling me to go there and seek out Aunt Alice. I guess they were friends. To be fair, too, I was well over four-hundred years old at that point. It was probably fair to leave me on my own for awhile.

[ Kaeya, though, was a child. ]