[A little while - months, years. It doesn't make sense. Sano tries to remember who Haruaki named, but can't imagine that it would be so few of them - the Principal, Dr. Takahashi, Ebisu... What about the others? What about Mame?

[Sano tries to focus on the question. He looks Haruaki in the eye, expression hardening into something more serious, but he can't shake that...shakiness.]

We got turned around on the mountain. We followed a path to a shrine and ended up in that city for kitsune youkai. Then...

[He feels his teeth grit, pain tugging at the features of his face. He looks angry; confused, afraid.]

That youkai showed up. The last thing I remember...I...

I don't know. Something knocked me out, or...something.