[What he hears comes as a bit of a surprise. He's heard whispers of things moving on while you're away and he dreaded to hear what he might've missed back home.

But what catches him off guard is how this wasn't the first he'd heard a friend say something similarly. Neku's experience was similar when he disappeared from Shibuya all those years. Beat looks at the ground for a moment, then back at Trahearne.]

You know, had a friend back home who kinda had to deal with that.

[Slowly, he moves to sit directly beside Trahearne, cross-legged, his back facing away the memorial wall.]

We was gone for a coupla years an' all sortsa stuff happened even if he wasn't 'round. If he was 'round, he prob'ly'd get whatchu sayin'.