"Don't be sorry! I like it here. I just wish dad was here with us. Or that we could take you home. But then Rei would still be here and I really like her." Sometimes Mia rambled. She exhaled loudly. "Sorry this is so weird. It's different. We disappear and then we come back older and... it must be really hard." Mia bent down and picked up a pebble. She tossed it lightly out into the sea.