I-I... (`there was no use-- they were all gone. it echoed throughout aeron's mind that seems to have gone hollow, as the statement reverberated from corner to corner. over the span of time that he was away, hiding-- they were out to get him yet again-- and now that he has come back, wandering aimlessly along the hustle and bustle of seoul, he realized that everyone of which he considered a companion had probably forgotten about him. and thus, the dejected expression painted along his countenance. his lips parted to speak, but there was nobody to hear him out. he lowered his head instead, thumbs slinging onto his backpack's straps as he kept his gaze lowered onto the pavement as it glistened under the city's bright, neon lights. this was perhaps the exact opposite of why he wanted to come down onto earth, despite his already ethereal status up there)