"It is like that. An extension." He hadn't really thought of it like that before, but he had to admit it was true. He'd already had so much life here that he wouldn't have had otherwise. He'd met so many people. "But I want to return as soon as I can. I have to finish what I started. For Sakura's sake." Even if it means he'll die in short order.

Her words do much to please and ease him. "That does make me happy. That's all I want for her." Hearing that makes him happier than just about anything else would, with the obvious exception of attending a reunion between Rin, Sakura, and Aoi.

"I remember she was a good cook even as a child. She likes to help her mother in the kitchen. She baked me some cookies once. They were better than anything I could have made."