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I guess not, [ he murmurs, perhaps more thoughtful than the question warrants. ] The world is a different place, these days.

[ Not to mention full of Shadows. Yu pauses, as a thought occurs to him, and he looks at Yosuke a bit more sharply. Not angrily, but with more focus. ]

Yosuke, have you noticed the fogs that sometimes come over the town? Have they ever seemed strange to you?