"No, there are others. Like Chuuya-san, for example!" He smiled, fondly. "Our relationship has really changed since coming here - but for the better."

That was one way of putting it, but for once Atsushi wasn't pointlessly embarrassed. He was genuinely happy about their friendship! The rest was just... an occasional bonus.

"Come to think of it, the people from my world that have gone back into stasis have never remembered their time here when they came back... But some other refugee friends of mine did."