[Hickey turns back to Kurama, watching him inspect the clothing.] Of a sort. [He rolls his shoulders back, cracking his neck side to side.] We went our own ways, eventually.

[He smiles to himself, that same cold smile that always seems to imply he knows something nobody else does. Then he starts cautiously walking towards the other man, boots clicking against the hard floor.] It was supposed to be a short journey to the other side of the world... Leave your troubles behind and start anew. [He touches one of the posters with the tips of fingers, tracing over the letters gently.] We got stuck instead.

[Then, perhaps feeling like he's said too much, Hickey steps back, shrugging his shoulders again.] Everything's a learning experience, or so it goes.