[He stares at her, equally at a loss for words. He's never seen her hair short and yet her scent was the same as always.]
Onee-sama...?
[But she doesn't immediately move to him. For as long as he can remember he was always Ai's shadow. Where she went, he followed. Yet Ai felt different to him, even if he couldn't place his finger on it.]
I knew I could smell onee-sama's scent.
[He moves closer to her, smiling and unaware that anything is wrong.]