They say the city is guarded by an ewe and a ram. They say only sheep handle the mail. They say the police force consists of herds of sheep. They say the librarians of the local library are all strictly sheep. They say there’s an unsightly, unshaven sheep living under some bridge. They say there’s a kind of magical, wish-granting fountain owned by fairies.
Considering he’s tired of seeing wool and wool and wool everywhere, and considering the very idea of some fantastical fairy fountain makes him want to laugh from how utterly stupid it was, he found himself at the very location of this rumored artifact, one way or another, to see it for himself. He supposes if it weren’t for the current circumstances, he might have found the place somehow slightly soothing with the presence of water, as well as the current lack of casual onlookers, but no—there was one other person here, and that person’s simply being there (though only his back was visible) was enough to temporarily drain the color from Izumi’s face.
He’s not sure if he’s hallucinating or something, but there should be no reason for him to feel suddenly attacked by anxiety just from seeing, uh, a ghost of the past, haunting him in the daylight, or something. To make certain that this wasn’t some illusion, he tapped Leo’s shoulder lightly and—oh, he really was there. “Hey,” is all he can think to say now.