Gen nodded, here's genuine sympathy in his expression - though to Nico, it's perhaps indistinguishable from when he was only giving a sympathetic affect. "I won't lie and say it's easy to deal with distance, dear Nico. Especially within these last few years, I've been traveling so often around the world, to various countries - I've rarely had the chance to see my friends."

"But it will be different now - I can't pick up a phone to call, or a pen to write," Gen thought aloud. "I will wonder eventually if I'm truly dreaming here, or if they miss me in the waking world. I'm glad I do have my dear friend Senku here - but I'll miss the others. It's natural for us to, even if in the waking world, we're distant from them."