Milkavich half-heartedly tried to talk Cyprus into staying. Lance didn't bother. "You'll come back to visit," he said with false brightness, though they all knew he wouldn't.

"Where are you going to go?" Milkavich helped him close his new suitcase.

"I don't know yet. Maybe to Finland, or the United States. Somewhere far away from here."

"Maybe Japan?" Lance suggested. "Though they have pretty strict immigration rules, even for our kind."

"They're an ...