[ Of course she remembers! Abel hasn't spoken much of his home or his friends before this so the one he has mentioned must have left quite an impression on him, right? A friend turned monarch no less. With apparently an abysmal taste in sandwiches but not everyone is perfect. They forgive their friends their faults. ]

Albion? That must be the Kingdom of humans, I take it? Or the non-vampire kind of humans.

[ Since Abel did make a point to put them together in the overall category of humanity, Himeka doesn't want to disregard the perceived humanity of the Methuselah. That would be rude. (Like calling groups of people "beast tribes", ya know.) ]

Well...if she's anything like you say she is and someone you believe so wholeheartedly in, I can't imagine it going any other way.

[ His faith is kind of inspiring, right? Surely Esther feels it too. ]

I'm sure she'll likewise be happy to hear everything you did for Horos while you were gone.

[ Because they will finish this and find a way back. They will see their homes and friends and family again. And she believes that he will have plenty to share of his own successes at that point.

The question in turn should be easy enough--home being the Ruby Sea. A part of it will always be home and she feels that if she really did choose to return her mother would work it out for her. But those that leave typically do not return. Such a practice must be in the past along with Sui-no-Sato's isolation, right? She did visit, after all...and has a few times since.

After a quiet moment, she nods. ]

A few years. The world is a lot bigger than I ever imagined it would be.