"That's the short of it," he agrees. "It is possible to head home from here, but it won't be the same any more. That's the reason most people stay here after they wake up."

He'd tried to go home, just after arriving here. It had taken weeks to force his mind to accept the workings of the gates, and even after all the effort he'd found staying in Beika City impossible. He couldn't live his life as an observer, watching his life pass by without any ability to change things.