The journey would take another day. As they'd descend towards the town that brought Aki much grief and internal turmoil, but it paled so much in comparison to the more real problems and battles she had faced in Crocus. Yet, there was something more sneaky about Magnolia that crawled under Akira's skin. Through the journey, she wondered if Tsuru would judge her if she decided to pluck out the trustee cigarettes she still kept around and take a few real puffs on one. This kind of seemingly unjustified anxiety, was perhaps the reason people turned to such unhealthy vices. Akira curbed her curious and morbid urges though and later that day, they finally arrived back in Magnolia.
~Exit~