Return

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They all knew a certain point had been crossed when they had the chance to go back home and didn't take it, because 'home' wasn't that easily defined anymore and going back didn't have the same appeal as before, when there was nothing here to stay for. They knew it wasn't only Mayura, and the other mortals they had come to know and care about that kept them on Midgard, but still they liked to pretend. That once those people were gone – for good or just elsewhere – they would go home and never look back, but deep inside, all of them felt that it wasn't that easy. Other people would come into their lifes if they stayed, to keep them here, to make leaving too hard to bear. They had decided not to go, all of them, and now they couldn't shake off the uneasy feeling that this decision had been final.

It will come back to haunt them later, but for now they will just try and pretend they are happy and that the choice had been the right one.