The touch at her back had stilled as Kai watched the kids wander off in the trees. It stayed right there though, the warmth of another person a nice reminder to have. The kids weren't gone for long, the scene morphing a bit like Kyoko's had done, a modge podge of different afternoons.

"No," he said, voice quiet as he probably confirmed some assumptions there. "No, it's not."

The little girl was sniffling a bit as she sat on the path. The boy with his big hat was crouched with her, inspecting her scraped knee. When he looked up it was with striking gold eyes and a grin as he reached over to pat her on he head. There came Kei with the bandage. Kai blinked, and there the boys were, carefully creeping up on a beetle hanging out on a log.