[Shinji had never really imagined the day finally coming where the guests would be given the option of returning home. Some part of him never imagined an end to the war, so the announcement coming through the network and the following trip toward Shibusen felt wholly surreal.
He doesn't feel that there are any goodbyes that need to be said (aside from the animals under his care - he'd only asked around long enough on the streets to find someone staying who was willing to take care of them in his stead), so his trip toward the academy is pretty straight forward. Even then, however, he takes his time, unable to fully detach himself from feelings of sadness at leaving the city he'd been living in for so long. He knows he has no place here anymore, if he ever did in the first place is questionable, but the thought of leaving everything that happened behind is painful. It always is.
Catching up to him should be fairly simple, for any interested parties.]
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He doesn't feel that there are any goodbyes that need to be said (aside from the animals under his care - he'd only asked around long enough on the streets to find someone staying who was willing to take care of them in his stead), so his trip toward the academy is pretty straight forward. Even then, however, he takes his time, unable to fully detach himself from feelings of sadness at leaving the city he'd been living in for so long. He knows he has no place here anymore, if he ever did in the first place is questionable, but the thought of leaving everything that happened behind is painful. It always is.
Catching up to him should be fairly simple, for any interested parties.]