Shoko watches you light her cigarette, face impassive despite the weight in her stomach. How long has it been since she last spoke to you? Probably around a decade now?

All since you two decided to split up, due to you leaving the country to work as sorcerer abroad, she thought she managed on her own quite well. But now that you are back, the desire, the need, practically, to reconnect fell heavy on Shoko's shoulders "You look... well", she says, "because you do. You've grown older"