The Royal Palace hadn’t changed much. It was still splendid but somehow the scene was dulled somewhat. Maybe he was just older? He was happy to see his young friends as star struck as he had had been sixteen years ago though. Somehow it made him think of the past. Even though he was only looking at it from afar Itazura could tell immediately that things were different. The guard was more intensive than ever. Maybe they’d learned from his repeated attempts to elude them? Or maybe they where just cracking down on Tomoko’s escape attempts? ‘Are you alright?’ ‘But…!’ ‘Let… her… go!’ ‘Let’s go.’ ‘No.’