It's only just begun--

[...So he finally decides, after some quiet time, to head home to Community Building 4, so he can see how much has changed.

...He wasn't pleased at all. No, more like he had a mix of relief and pain. On one hand, Rise had disappeared, and her belongings were gone with her...one of the few people he could trust back home to keep everyone's spirits up, gone. Now he has only Naoto, and even she's an uncertainty at this point... On the other hand, she's where she belongs -- back in Inaba to live the rest of her life. How could he have left them at such a crucial moment...? He had no choice in the matter, but it still hit him hard that he'd wound up getting pried away, forced out of their reach, forced to leave...whichever phrase would fit the situation best. Oh, how was he going to face them when he bore some sort of guilt for abandoning them?

...No, better to avoid that...he doesn't want to become a smoldering wreck at the end of the day. If no one wants to come across him here, he'll be around the village, just trying to get some peace.

Later, he'll open up his journal -- might as well tell whoever knows him that he's 'home'.]

I should have done this sooner, but...no matter. I'm Seta Souji; I wouldn't necessarily call myself 'new' since this isn't the first time I've been here, but...it's a pleasure.

...Have I missed anything important? And if I have any leftover debts, let me know. [Like favors, offers for help, and all that jazz...surely someone he offered to help with would remember, right?]