[That prompts a soft sound of acknowledgement from Basil as they make their way. It's no secret that not only would things feel different...they are different. The atmosphere of the entire town as a whole probably feels different, because now there's less of a weight overhead. It's like they've finally had the opportunity to heal they'd been denied for so many years, and it's a palpable thing.

Basil never realized how much that could mean until now.

So when Sunny simply says it's "different", he understands that could mean so much.]

Mmhm...it must be really different to you, after all this time. But...it's nice to be back, isn't it? It hasn't really felt the same without you.

( Is it nice...? It's nice to see his friends, but Faraway brings back so many memories for him -- memories that he's wanted to leave behind, but happy ones, too. For a moment, he looks away from Basil, dark-eyes focused at nothing in particular.

It hasn't been the same without you.

It wasn't the same without Basil, either. Their relationship hasn't been the same since... that day. He's carried so much guilt and fear of the other boy, but there's was a large part of him that missed what they used to have, too. )

... I don't know.

( His voice is more quiet than usual, but there's a light blush on his features, too. He wonders if Basil knows what he's thinking, as he did in the past. )