He moves past her and she stays where she is for a moment, turning to watch him. Hitoshi nudges her around the ankles and finally, almost reluctantly, she moves to follow.

"I do not plan to leave," she says, uncertain as to what he may mean by 'brought'. And she stops, frowning, concerned. "I did not realize Manhattan still existed. It is so near the coast."

But Mako had, like so many others, lost count of the cities sent crumbling, the death tolls rising, the buildings that were reduced to rubble. So many were destroyed in the first few waves alone.