Soon after that, Azuka moved up to talk to the Seneschal in private, leaving Cliff, Vance, and Eden to their own devices.

"I wonder what Enmetropolis will be like," Eden piped up. "It feels like my life on Earth was a completely different lifetime now."

"Earth," Vance echoed the word with a sigh. "Yeah."

"Do you miss anything?" Eden asked.

"All I've ever missed was my mother," Vance replied. "But now, I feel like she's closer to me. ...