It is my understanding that being taken to Nippon meant that time had stopped in Inazuma, at that particular point when I was pulled. No one would have known about my disappearance, as everything was frozen.

[ So... perhaps that may be the same here. Ayaka is optimistic! ]

I cannot imagine if it were not the case... [ She frowns, feeling her chest tighten a bit. Closing her eyes so she may compose herself, she adds: ] I cannot imagine how worried Ayato must be right now...

It would just be too cruel of this world to take us here and have time flow freely at home.