[Manabu blinks at him. Grey said that so easily...like he knew about ghost-coldness already! what the heck.]

...Uh, he. Well, we got him out of there, and...after a bit, he got some sense knocked back into him. No way he could've stayed on that train and lived, you know? And he has a lot of life to get to living before he can see her again, so...

[so they parted.

it was weird. it was sad. but not...miserable?]